Degree of polarization in the Lyot depolarizer
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- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Journal of Lightwave Technology
- Vol. 1 (3) , 475-479
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jlt.1983.1072136
Abstract
Analytic output equations for the degree of polarization of light exiting a Lyot depolarizer are derived from a coherency matrix representation. Design criteria are obtained for sources of different spectral shape.Keywords
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