Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-1996
Abstract
The refractive index and the thickness of a transparent pellicle are determined when the pellicle is placed between two vertical crossed polarizers and rotated in the horizontal plane. The transmission axes of the polarizers are neither parallel nor perpendicular to the plane of incidence. The light transmitted through the crossed polarizers reaches a minimum when the pellicle satisfies the absentee-layer condition. The refractive index and the film thickness are obtained from the pellicle orientation angles under such a condition.
Journal Name
Applied Optics
Recommended Citation
Y. Cui and R. M. A. Azzam, "Determination of the refractive index and thickness of transparent pellicles by use of the polarization-independent absentee-layer condition," Appl. Opt. 35, 5040-5043 (1996)
Comments
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