LIQUID-CRYSTAL ANALYZER OF THE STATE OF POLARIZATION OF LIGHT

Authors
BARANOVA NB ZELDOVICH BY KRIVOSHCHEKOV VA PODGORNOV FV
Citation
Nb. Baranova et al., LIQUID-CRYSTAL ANALYZER OF THE STATE OF POLARIZATION OF LIGHT, Quantum electronics, 27(10), 1997, pp. 923-925
Citations number
4
Journal title
Quantum electronics → ACNP
ISSN journal
10637818
Volume
27
Issue
10
Year of publication
1997
Pages
923 - 925
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7818(1997)27:10<923:LAOTSO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
An analysis is made of the propagation of polarised light in an optica l system which consists of a linear polariser and a liquid-crystal lay er, of nonuniform thickness, in which the director of the molecules is oriented along the tangents to concentric circles, It is shown that t here is a one-to-one correspondence between the polarisation of the in cident light and the intensity distribution at the output from this op tical system.