title: Polarization properties of cube-corner retroreflectors and their effects on signal strength and nonlinearity in heterodyne interferometers.
abstract: The polarization properties of solid-state cube-corner retroreflectors, which are uncoated glass or metal-coated glass on the reflecting surfaces, are examined analytically and compared. Experimental verifications are presented for the case of linearly polarized incident light. When the uncoated cube-corner is used in a heterodyne interferometer, the polarization properties reveal that the axial orientation of the corner reflector has an effect on the strength of the beat signal and the nonlinearity error. A theoretical analysis of the effect is presented together with experimental results.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Eom
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chung