Cancellation of simple optical anisotropies without use of a Faraday mirror

Bhandari, R.

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dc.contributor.author	Bhandari, R.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2008-10-31T09:59:31Z	-
dc.date.available	2008-10-31T09:59:31Z	-
dc.date.issued	2008-08	-
dc.identifier.citation	Optics Letters, 2008, Vol.33, p1839	-
dc.identifier.issn	ISSN: 0146-9592 (print)	-
dc.identifier.issn	ISSN: 1539-4794 (online)	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/3649	-
dc.description	Restricted Access. An open-access version is available at arXiv.org (one of the alternative locations)	en
dc.description.abstract	We first derive the round-trip Jones matrix for double passage through a reciprocal optical medium by means of reflection off a plane mirror that could be optically anisotropic. We then show that if a medium with only linear birefringence and linear dichroism is placed between a pair of orthogonal quarterwave plates with principal axes at 45 deg to that of the medium and the sandwich is placed in front of an isotropic mirror it behaves, under double passage, like an isotropic medium. We describe a simple liquid crystal device that behaves, in reflection, as an isotropic medium whose refractive index can be varied by application of an electric field, thus acting as a phase only modulator for light in any polarization state.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Optical Society of America	en
dc.relation.uri	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008OptL...33.1839B	en
dc.relation.uri	http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.2952	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.33.001839	en
dc.rights	2008 Optical Society of America	en
dc.title	Cancellation of simple optical anisotropies without use of a Faraday mirror	en
dc.type	Article	en
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