Controlled image multipliers for optoelectronic memories. I. Studies of angular optical characteristics of an interference beam splitter with a polarization-plane switch

V. N. Mitsai, V. B. Fedorov


Abstract: The angular optical characteristics are determined for a Brewster interference polarizer operating in a wide range of angles of incidence of converging light beams. The dependence of the polarizer transmission on the angular coordinates of a ray in a converging beam is derived. The theoretical dependences are compared with experimental results. The experimental angular characteristics are given for a polarizer with a liquid-crystal modulator utilizing the twist effect. Methods for improving the angular characteristics of polarizers and modulators are considered. The results obtained show that it should be possible to construct a controlled polycubic image multiplier for large-capacity optoelectronic memories.

UDC: 681.326.68.535.514.9

PACS: 42.80.Hq

Received: 09.10.1979

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1980, 10:5, 586–591

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