Share with Facebook
Tweet This
Post on reddit
Share with LinkedIn
Add to CiteULike
Add to Mendeley
Add to BibSonomyAbstract
Thin films transparent to optical radiation offer polarization properties that are enhanced when the thickness of the film is an odd multiple of the quarter-wavelength. The transmission and reflection properties of a 1.16-μm-thick film of diamond realized by plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition have been studied at 10.6 μm. A compact polarizer built with four films at a Brewster angle revealed an extinction ratio of better than 1:1000 of the S polarization. The interest in optics in which parasitic-reflected or transmitted beams do not exist is pointed out. The high damage threshold of diamonds opens the possibility of controlling the polarization characteristics of high-power lasers used, for example, for soldering and cutting applications.
© 1996 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleOSA Recommended Articles
P. B. Clapham, M. J. Downs, and R. J. King
Appl. Opt. 8(10) 1965-1974 (1969)
David L. Windt, Webster C. Cash, M. Scott, P. Arendt, Brian Newnam, R. F. Fisher, A. B. Swartzlander, P. Z. Takacs, and J. M. Pinneo
Appl. Opt. 27(2) 279-295 (1988)
Martin F. Volk, Sergiy Suntsov, Christian E. Rüter, and Detlef Kip
Opt. Express 24(2) 1386-1391 (2016)