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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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2015
2015
Study on Transmission and Output Polarization Characteristics of a First-Order Lyot-Type Fiber Comb Filter Using Polarization-Diversity Loop
A first-order Lyot-type fiber comb filter was fabricated by incorporating a polarization-diversity loop structure composed of a… 
2011
2011
Contrast and Finesse Enhancement in a Birefringent Filter
We propose and demonstrate a novel optical implementation to simultaneously improve the contrast and increase the finesse of a… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Gemini Planet Imager coronagraph testbed results
The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) is an extreme AO coronagraphic integral field unit YJHK spectrograph destined for first light on… 
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
2007
Highly Cited
2007
In the Spirit of Bernard Lyot: The Direct Detection of Planets and Circumstellar Disks in the 21st Century.
Review
2007
Review
2007
The Four Quadrant Phase Mask Coronagraph and its avatars
2004
2004
Fabrication of aspheric optics: process challenges arising from a wide range of customer demands and diversity of machine technologies
Different applications of aspheric optics and their related fabrication methods are firstly summarized and then discussed using… 
2003
2003
Residual wave front phase estimation in the reimaged Lyot plane for the Eclipse coronagraphic telescope
Coronagraphs for extra-solar planet detection remove diffracted stellar light through the combination of a coronagraphic mask and… 
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
1997
Highly Cited
1997
A compound high-order polarization-independent birefringence filter using Sagnac interferometers
Polarization-independent fiber-optic filters are presented that replace the polarizers in traditional birefringence filters with… 
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