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  2. Filled Liquid Crystal Depolarizers
Author(s)
Abstract

The construction and properties of scattering type liquid crystal depolarizers are discussed. The Mueller matrices that describe these devices are measured and compared to ideal depolarizers and ideal linear materials. The present depolarizers do not perform as well as crystal pseudodepolarizers. Nevertheless, when polarized light is incident on one of these devices the polarization of the transmitted light can be uniform to within 5%. These devices have the advantage that they can be made to areas as large as 30–30 cm or larger, are inexpensive, and can be electrically switched off and on.
Format
Article
Identifier(s)
10.1063/1.1401799
Publication Date
2001-10-15
Publication Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Volume
90
Issue
8
First Page
3675
Last Page
3678
Subject
Community
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Comments

Copyright 2001 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in J. Appl. Phys. 90, 3675 (2001) and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1401799.
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Diorio, N., Fisch, M., & West, J. (2001). Filled Liquid Crystal Depolarizers (1–). Journal of Applied Physics. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1401799
Diorio, Nicholas, Michael Fisch, and John West. 2001. “Filled Liquid Crystal Depolarizers”. Journal of Applied Physics. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1401799.
Diorio, Nicholas, et al. Filled Liquid Crystal Depolarizers. Journal of Applied Physics, 15 Oct. 2001, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1401799.