Abstract
An analysis is made of the effect of thin film absorption on characteristics of a reflection polarizer consisting of a thin film on an absorbing metal substrate. The conditions that bring about zero reflectance for either parallel-polarized or perpendicular-polarized light are derived for such systems. Numerical reflectance results are given for polarizers having a silver substrate and films having various degrees of absorption. The polarizers can have high reflectance for the unextinguished component and low sensitivity for the extinguished component.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 194-200 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | J Opt Soc Am |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1973 |