RT Journal Article
T1 Longitudinal polarization periodicity of unpolarized light passing through a double wedge depolarizer
A1 Piquero Sanz, Gemma María
A1 Santarsiero, Massimo
A1 González de Sande, Juan Carlos
A1 Gori, Franco
AB The polarization characteristics of unpolarized light passing through a double wedge depolarizer are studied. It is found that the degree of polarization of the radiation propagating after the depolarizer is uniform across transverse planes after the depolarizer, but it changes from one plane to another in a periodic way giving, at different distances, unpolarized, partially polarized, or even perfectly polarized light. An experiment is performed to confirm this result. Measured values of the Stokes parameters and of the degree of polarization are in complete agreement with the theoretical predictions.
PB The Optical Society Of America
SN 1094-4087
YR 2012
FD 2012-12-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44016
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44016
LA eng
NO © 2012 Optical Society of America.One of the authors (J. C. G. S.) is grateful to a grant from 2011 Fundación Caja Madrid Program. J. C. G. S. and G. P. acknowledge the hospitality of Prof. F. Gori’s group.
NO Fundación Caja Madrid Program
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 jun 2025