title: Polarization analyzer for all the states of polarization of light using a structured polarizer.
abstract: Polarization analyzers are an essential measuring tool to improve the characteristics of optical components and optimize them with respect to a useful application in optical networks. We describe an instrument of this kind, which consists of two crossed birefringent wedges and acts as a continuous structured polarizer for all the states of polarization of light. We analyze this device theoretically by using the Poincaré-sphere and the Jones-matrix method and verify our results in a number of experiments with quartz wedges and red filtered light. Different realizations of this instrument are discussed, and an application as a beam splitter for all the states of polarization is proposed.
authors: Laure
authors: L
authors: Kaiser
authors: Erna
authors: E
authors: Frins
authors: Bernhard
authors: B
authors: Hils
authors: Leonid
authors: L
authors: Beresnev
authors: Wolfgang
authors: W
authors: Dultz
authors: Heidrun
authors: H
authors: Schmitzer