Title
Principal Angles And Principal Azimuths Of In-Line Symmetric Three-Reflection Mirror System: Application To Circular Polarization Of Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation
Abstract
Contours of constant principal angle ̄φ and constant principal azimuth ̄ψ for an in-line, symmetric, three-reflection mirror system are presented. The three mirrors are assumed to be uncoated substrates of the same homogeneous isotropic material with complex relative dielectric function epsilon. By assigning values to ̄φ from 45 to 85 deg in 5- deg steps, the constraint on complex epsilon is determined numerically and represented graphically. The special case of ̄φ equals 45 deg, which applies to a right-angle parallel-mirror beam displacer, enables an analytical solution. These results have important applications for the production of circular polarization over the entire spectrum, and especially in the VUV, where transmission-type devices are not possible. The performance of the three- mirror system as a VUV quarter-wave retarder/circular polarizer using different metals is also considered.
Publication Date
1-1-1995
Publication Title
Optical Engineering
Volume
34
Issue
6
Number of Pages
1551-1557
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.202063
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
0029313804 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0029313804
STARS Citation
Kan'an, Ayman M. and Azzam, Rasheed M., "Principal Angles And Principal Azimuths Of In-Line Symmetric Three-Reflection Mirror System: Application To Circular Polarization Of Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation" (1995). Scopus Export 1990s. 1842.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus1990/1842