We propose a depolarizer based on the principle of a collection of half-wave plates with
randomly distributed optic axes. The design is demonstrated by means of dynamically …

A novel liquid-crystal (LC) Fresnel zone plate (FZP) is fabricated only by the LC molecular
alignment process without the need for surface relief structures and patterned electrodes. It …

The coherence and polarization of polarization speckle, arising from a stochastic
electromagnetic field with random change of polarization, modulated by a depolarizer are …

With rapid development toward shrinking the size of traditional photonic systems such as
cameras, spectrometers, displays, and illumination systems, there is an urgent need for high …

The effect of montmorillonite (MMT) clay modification with surfactant cations on the
electrooptical properties of the LC–clay nanocomposites consisting of MMT and 4-pentyl-4 …

Excess relative intensity noise (excess RIN) is one of the major factors that degrade the short-
term performance of interferometric fiber optic gyroscopes (IFOGs). We theoretically and …

Depolarizer is an important optical element for high-precision fiber optic gyroscopes in
space and long-haul and high-bit-rate fiber transmission optical communication …

A novel depolarization method for linearly polarized incident light that uses a liquid-crystal
(LC) cell with randomly aligned hybrid orientation domains is theoretically described by use …

Using rigorous diffraction theory, we show that it is possible to depolarize quasi-
monochromatic light using a fully deterministic, thin optical element. The principle is based …

The design and performance test of a cholesteric liquid crystal depolarizer (CLCD) is
presented. This new depolarizer is a wedge-shaped cell filled with cholesteric liquid crystal …