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Nonlinear frequency converters as sources and detectors of polarized light with linear polarization degree of 10-9Format | Member Price | Non-Member Price |
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Paper Abstract
High degrees of linear polarization of laser radiation and sensitivity to its variation are achieved by applying frequency converters using nonlinear crystals as polarizers and analyzers. The factors leading to distortion of linear polarization of light in such devices are identified. A KD*P polarimeter with extinction ratio of 5 (DOT) 10-9 is developed on the basis of a quasi-CW picosecond YAG laser.
Paper Details
Date Published: 11 December 1992
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 1841, Nonlinear Optical Processes in Solids, (11 December 1992); doi: 10.1117/12.131832
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1841:
Nonlinear Optical Processes in Solids
Anatoliy S. Chirkin; Vladimir I. Emel'yanov, Editor(s)
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 1841, Nonlinear Optical Processes in Solids, (11 December 1992); doi: 10.1117/12.131832
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Nikolay I. Zheludev, Univ. of Southampton (United Kingdom)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1841:
Nonlinear Optical Processes in Solids
Anatoliy S. Chirkin; Vladimir I. Emel'yanov, Editor(s)
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