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Depolarizer (optics)

Known as: Depolariser (optics), Cornu depolarizer, Lyot 
A depolarizer or depolariser is an optical device used to scramble the polarization of light. An ideal depolarizer would output randomly polarized… 
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Review
2012
Review
2012
The cosmology large angular scale surveyor (CLASS): 40 GHz optical design
The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor (CLASS) instrument will measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background at… 
2008
2008
A new integral field spectrograph for exoplanetary science at Palomar
In July 2008, a new integral field spectrograph and a diffraction limited, apodized-pupil Lyot coronagraph was installed behind… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Spectropolarimetric Observation of an Emerging Flux Region: Triggering Mechanisms of Ellerman Bombs
A high spatial resolution observation of an emerging flux region (EFR) was made using a vector magnetograph and a Hα Lyot… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Structural, spectroscopic, and tunable laser properties of Yb3+-doped NaGd(WO4)2
the two nonequivalent 2b and 2d sites of the I4 ¯ structure, but Yb 3+ and Gd 3+ ions are found preferentially in the 2b site… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
A Wide-Field Infrared Camera for the Palomar 200-inch Telescope
The availability of both large aperture telescopes and large format near-infrared (NIR) detectors are making wide-field NIR… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Stellar coronagraphy with prolate apodized circular apertures
This paper generalizes to circular apertures the theoretical study of stellar coronagraphy with prolate apodized rectangular… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Current status of the synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering Station BL4C1 at the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory
The small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) beamline BL4C1 at the 2.5 GeV storage ring of the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL) has… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Monolithic polycapillary x-ray optics engineered to meet a wide range of applications
Two new applications of monolithic polycapillary x-ray optics were explored. One was to improve the detection sensitivity of… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
The two‐dimensional Gaussian beam synthetic method: Testing and application
The Gaussian beam method of Cervený et al. (1982) is an asymptotic method for the computation of wave fields in inhomogeneous… 
Highly Cited
1946
Highly Cited
1946
Annales d'Astrophysique
THE French National Centre of Scientific Research announces that, beginning with this year, the Annales d'Astrophysique will be… 
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