Modified formula of Malus’ law for Glan–Taylor polarizing prisms
✍ Scribed by Huafeng Zhu; Lianke Song; Jianwen Chen; Hongyi Gao; Ruxin Li; Zhizhan Xu
- Book ID
- 104072864
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 494 KB
- Volume
- 245
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0030-4018
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✦ Synopsis
A simple three-axis model has been developed, which has been successfully applied to the analysis of the light transmittance in spatial incident angle and the simulation of modified formula of MalusÕ law for Glan-Taylor prisms. Our results indicate that the fluctuations on the cosine squared curve are due to specific misalignments between the axis of the optical system, the optical axis of the prism and the mechanical axis (rotation axis) of prism, which results in the fact that different initial relative location of the to-be-measured-prism in the testing system corresponds to different shape of MalusÕ law curve. Methods to get absolutely smooth curve are proposed. This analysis is available for other kinds of Glan-type prisms.