Polarization properties of a cube-corner retroreflector with complex reflection coefficient

B. Bieg; J. Kirkiewicz

doi:10.1117/12.822367

20 November 2008 Polarization properties of a cube-corner retroreflector with complex reflection coefficient

B. Bieg, J. Kirkiewicz

Proceedings Volume 7141, 16th Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics; 71410M (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.822367
Event: 16th Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, 2008, Polanica Zdroj, Poland

Abstract

The polarization state of the infrared beam reflected from a metallic cube-corner retroreflector (CCR) is analyzed using the Mueller matrix formalism. In a given paper polarization changes of an electromagnetic beam reflected from the CCR are studied in a rather wide range of parameters: complex reflection coefficients of metallic surfaces, beam wavelength, initial polarization state and incidence angle. It is shown that for definite parameters combination polarization changes are small, what is very important for plasma polarimetry on thermonuclear devices.

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B. Bieg and J. Kirkiewicz "Polarization properties of a cube-corner retroreflector with complex reflection coefficient", Proc. SPIE 7141, 16th Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, 71410M (20 November 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.822367

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