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Multiband retardation control using multi-twist retarders

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Hornburg, KJ; Komanduri, RK; Escuti, MJ
Published in: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
January 1, 2014

We introduce and demonstrate an approach to create highly chromatic retardation spectra across various wave-lengths. The design approach is based on Multi-Twist Retarder (MTR) principle where multiple liquid crystal polymer layers are coated on top of each other on a single substrate. Previous MTRs have been applied to develop broadband achromatic retarders, but here we show that MTRs are quite flexible, and their retardation spectrum can be tuned to create arbitrary profiles. As a representative example, we show this tailorability by creating a retarder which produces approximately zero retardation in visible (500-900 nm) and half-wave retardation in near- infrared (1-2.7 μm) wavelength region. This would provide enhancement in remote sensing, telecom, and spectroscopy systems where it is advantageous to have an optical element which affects only one band, but is largely transparent otherwise. © 2014 SPIE.

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

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EISSN

1996-756X

ISSN

0277-786X

ISBN

9781628410365

Publication Date

January 1, 2014

Volume

9099

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering
 

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Hornburg, K. J., Komanduri, R. K., & Escuti, M. J. (2014). Multiband retardation control using multi-twist retarders. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering (Vol. 9099). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2051170
Hornburg, K. J., R. K. Komanduri, and M. J. Escuti. “Multiband retardation control using multi-twist retarders.” In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 9099, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2051170.
Hornburg KJ, Komanduri RK, Escuti MJ. Multiband retardation control using multi-twist retarders. In: Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2014.
Hornburg, K. J., et al. “Multiband retardation control using multi-twist retarders.” Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9099, 2014. Scopus, doi:10.1117/12.2051170.
Hornburg KJ, Komanduri RK, Escuti MJ. Multiband retardation control using multi-twist retarders. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 2014.

Published In

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

DOI

EISSN

1996-756X

ISSN

0277-786X

ISBN

9781628410365

Publication Date

January 1, 2014

Volume

9099

Related Subject Headings

  • 5102 Atomic, molecular and optical physics
  • 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
  • 4006 Communications engineering