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The nearly aligned rotating‐monoplate compensator
Author(s) -
Asar M.,
Aspnes D. E.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
physica status solidi (a)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1862-6319
pISSN - 1862-6300
DOI - 10.1002/pssa.200777871
Subject(s) - quartic function , harmonics , quadratic equation , polarimeter , physics , harmonic , optics , control theory (sociology) , mathematical analysis , mathematics , computer science , acoustics , geometry , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , polarimetry , control (management) , voltage , artificial intelligence , scattering
A rotating‐compensator polarimeter with a misaligned monoplate compensator generates first, third, and fifth harmonics as well as the zeroth (dc), second, and fourth harmonics that provide information about the sample. We outline a general procedure for calculating the detected intensity with mis‐ aligned components, then provide some results where multiple internal reflections in the component are ignored. The analysis involves several orders of tensors, and a quartic secular equation instead of the usual quadratic of a quadratic. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)