Square-wave retarder for polarization computer-generated holography

H. D. Noble; W. T. Lam; W. Dallas; R. A. Chipman; I. Matsubara; Y. Unno; S. C. McClain; P. Khulbe; D. Hansen; T. D. Milster

doi:10.1364/AO.50.003703

Square-wave retarder for polarization computer-generated holography

H. D. Noble, W. T. Lam, W. Dallas, R. A. Chipman, I. Matsubara, Y. Unno, S. C. McClain, P. Khulbe, D. Hansen, T. D. Milster

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An etched calcite square-wave retarder is designed, fabricated, and demonstrated as an illuminator for an interlaced polarization computer-generated hologram (PCGH). The calcite square-wave retarder enables alternating columns of orthogonal linear polarizations to illuminate the interlaced PCGH. Together, these components produce a speckled, tangentially polarized PCGH diffraction pattern with a measured ratio of polarization of 84% and a degree of linear polarization of 0.81. An experimental alignment tolerance analysis is also reported.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3703-3710
Number of pages	8
Journal	Applied optics
Volume	50
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.50.003703
State	Published - Jul 10 2011

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