Broadband loss-less optical thin-film depolarizing devices

Opt Express. 2018 May 14;26(10):13264-13288. doi: 10.1364/OE.26.013264.

Abstract

For some space applications, sensors are sensitive to light polarization and can only be properly calibrated with non-polarized light. Here we propose new optical devices which allow to depolarize light in a spatial process. These devices are thin film multilayers which exhibit polarimetric phase variations in their plane. A zero spatial polarization degree can be reached with high accuracy in a controlled bandwidth.