Native oxide layer effect on polarization cancellation for mirrors over the visible to near-infrared region
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Suchandra Banerjee
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Russell Chipman
Abstract
The presence of native oxide layers on aluminum mirrors can be a nuisance for precision optical design. As the native oxide thickness varies from mirror to mirror, its effect cannot be completely canceled even in the conventional crossed fold mirror geometry. We show how this effect arises and how it can be mitigated, and provide an experimental demonstration in which the residual linear retardance and linear diattenuation are reduced to <0.14° and <0.001, respectively, over the visible and near-infra-red spectral range.
Acknowledgment
S. Banerjee is grateful to the Ministry of Education Culture, Sports, Science and Technology—Government of Japan (MEXT) for a supporting scholarship.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Good news!
- Community
- Conference Notes
- Tutorial
- Advances in the design of optical see-through displays
- Research Articles
- M6 formalism – generalization of the laser beam quality factor M2 to the 3D domain
- Native oxide layer effect on polarization cancellation for mirrors over the visible to near-infrared region
- Two optical sensing elements for H2O and NO2 gas sensing based on the single plasmonic – photonic crystal slab
- Effect of the magnetically induced dichroism on the distribution of atomic polarization in Cesium vapor cells
