The Accuracy of Polarization Photometers
- 1 April 1951
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America
- Vol. 41 (4) , 223-228
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josa.41.000223
Abstract
The accuracy of a polarization photometer is limited by the inherent non-uniformity of polarization due to divergence of the light beams, and by defects in the polarizers. The errors arising from these causes are evaluated and are compared for systems using two or three polarizers in each beam. It is shown that an accuracy of 0.001 is feasible for intensity ratios as great as 1000 to 1.Keywords
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