Email this article Determination of the optical axis in Z-cut uniaxial crystals by a polarization-based method
- Authors: Paranin V.D.1
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Affiliations:
- Samara State Aerospace University
- Issue: Vol 42, No 6 (2016)
- Pages: 559-562
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7850/article/view/199424
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063785016060122
- ID: 199424
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Abstract
A polarization method is proposed for determination of the orientation of the optical axis in a Z-cut uniaxial crystal. The applicability of the method for controlling the deflection angles of the optical axis from the normal to the crystal surface ~0.01° was shown using the example of lithium niobate crystal with a thickness of 514 μm. Peculiarities of the practical implementation of this method and approaches for increasing its accuracy and throughput are considered.
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V. D. Paranin
Samara State Aerospace University
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Email: vparanin@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Samara, 443086
