Native oxide layer effect on polarization cancellation for mirrors over the visible to near-infrared region

Suchandra Banerjee; Russell Chipman; Nathan Hagen; Yukitoshi Otani

doi:10.1515/aot-2020-0004

Native oxide layer effect on polarization cancellation for mirrors over the visible to near-infrared region

Suchandra Banerjee, Russell Chipman, Nathan Hagen, Yukitoshi Otani

Optical Sciences

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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-infrared spectral range.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	175-181
Number of pages	7
Journal	Advanced Optical Technologies
Volume	9
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/aot-2020-0004
State	Published - Aug 1 2020

Keywords

Mueller matrix polarimeter
Oxide layer
Polarization
Polarization ray tracing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Instrumentation

Access to Document

10.1515/aot-2020-0004

Cite this

@article{62ed87775abd46db83d877e3e703b7f5,

title = "Native oxide layer effect on polarization cancellation for mirrors over the visible to near-infrared region",

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-infrared spectral range.",

keywords = "Mueller matrix polarimeter, Oxide layer, Polarization, Polarization ray tracing",

author = "Suchandra Banerjee and Russell Chipman and Nathan Hagen and Yukitoshi Otani",

note = "Funding Information: S. Banerjee is grateful to the Ministry of Education Culture, Sports, Science and Technology—Government of Japan (MEXT) for a supporting scholarship. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 THOSS Media and De Gruyter",

year = "2020",

month = aug,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1515/aot-2020-0004",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "9",

pages = "175--181",

journal = "Advanced Optical Technologies",

issn = "2192-8576",

publisher = "de Gruyter",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Native oxide layer effect on polarization cancellation for mirrors over the visible to near-infrared region

AU - Banerjee, Suchandra

AU - Chipman, Russell

AU - Hagen, Nathan

AU - Otani, Yukitoshi

N1 - Funding Information: S. Banerjee is grateful to the Ministry of Education Culture, Sports, Science and Technology—Government of Japan (MEXT) for a supporting scholarship. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 THOSS Media and De Gruyter

PY - 2020/8/1

Y1 - 2020/8/1

N2 - 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-infrared spectral range.

AB - 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-infrared spectral range.

KW - Mueller matrix polarimeter

KW - Oxide layer

KW - Polarization

KW - Polarization ray tracing

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85083650147&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85083650147&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1515/aot-2020-0004

DO - 10.1515/aot-2020-0004

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85083650147

VL - 9

SP - 175

EP - 181

JO - Advanced Optical Technologies

JF - Advanced Optical Technologies

SN - 2192-8576

IS - 4

ER -

Native oxide layer effect on polarization cancellation for mirrors over the visible to near-infrared region

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this