Polarization conversion cube-corner retroreflector

Karlton Crabtree; Russell Chipman

doi:10.1364/AO.49.005882

Polarization conversion cube-corner retroreflector

Karlton Crabtree, Russell Chipman

Optical Sciences

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Polarization conversion cube-corner retroreflectors rotate the major axis of the incident electric field by 90°. We show that polarization conversion cube-corner retroreflectors cannot be created with isotropic reflecting surfaces, but can be created by incorporating nonisotropic reflecting surfaces. Two types are considered - cube corners with surfaces having elliptical eigenstates and cube corners having subwave- length gratings. Implementations that use subwavelength surface relief phase gratings are investigated, and three examples are shown.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	5882-5890
Number of pages	9
Journal	Applied optics
Volume	49
Issue number	30
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.49.005882
State	Published - Oct 20 2010

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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