polarizer-analyzer

  • 1Polarizer — For the photographic filter, see Polarizing filter (Photography). A polarizing filter cuts down the reflections (top) and made it possible to see the photographer through the glass at roughly Brewster s angle although reflections off the back… …

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  • 2polarizer — The first element of a polariscope that polarizes the light, as distinguished from the analyzer, the second polarizing element. * * * po·lar·iz·er also Brit po·lar·is·er .rīz ər n the part of a polariscope receiving and polarizing the light… …

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  • 3analyzer — an·a·lyz·er or Brit an·a·lys·er ər n the part of a polariscope that receives the light after polarization and exhibits the properties of light compare POLARIZER * * * ana·ly·zer (anґə li″zer) 1. a device used in the analysis of the… …

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  • 4polarizer — ˈpōləˌrīzə(r) noun ( s) : one that polarizes; specifically : the part of a polariscope receiving and polarizing the light compare analyzer …

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  • 5Kerr electro-optic effect — ▪ physics       in physics, the inducement of double refraction of light in a transparent substance when a strong electric field is applied in a direction transverse to the beam of light. In double refraction, the index of refraction (a measure… …

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  • 6polarizing microscope — n a microscope equipped to produce polarized light for examination of a specimen * * * a microscope equipped with a polarizer, analyzer, and means for measurement of the alteration of the polarized light by the specimen …

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  • 7Vector soliton — Among all the soliton considered, the optical soliton draws the most attention as it is possible to generate ultrafast pulses and has wider application. optical soliton can be classified as two groups:temporal soliton and spatial soliton.however …

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  • 8Optical mineralogy — A petrographic microscope, which is an optical microscope fitted with cross polarizing lenses, a conoscopic lens, and compensators (plates of anisotropic materials; gypsum plates and quartz wedges are common), for crystallographic analysis.… …

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  • 9Polarizing filter (photography) — Circular polarizer/linear analyzer.[1] filtering unpolarized light and then circularly polarizing the result. The polarizing filter used with most mo …

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  • 10Ellipsometry — is a versatile and powerful optical technique for the investigation of the dielectric properties (complex refractive index or dielectric function) of thin films. It has applications in many different fields, from semiconductor physics to… …

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