Abstract

An ADP solid Kerr cell subjected to an alternating voltage naturally makes a retardation modulator. An azimuth modulator with the ADP Kerr cell is easily made with the aid of simple polarization optics. Two types of azimuth modulators with an ADP Kerr cell, a Sénarmont-type and a circular polarizer-type respectively, are proposed and compared with each other. The construction of a tentative apparatus and a practical model is also reported.

© 1964 Optical Society of America

An Automatic Retardation Meter for Automatic Polarimetry by Means of an ADP Polarization Modulator

Hiroshi Takasaki, Mitsuo Isobe, Toshinobu Masaki, Atsuo Konda, Tadao Agatsuma, and Yasushi Watanabe
Appl. Opt. 3(3) 345-350 (1964)

Automatic Ellipsometer. Automatic Polarimetry by Means of an ADP Polarization Modulator III

Hiroshi Takasaki
Appl. Opt. 5(5) 759-764 (1966)

New High-Precision Photoelectric Universal Polarimeter and Birefringence Compensator*

S. J. Williamson, J. M. Weingart, and R. D. Andrews
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 54(3) 337-341 (1964)

Photoelectric Measurement of Polarized Light by Means of ADP Polarization Modulator. VII. Automatic Determination of the Principal Axis of an Electrically Induced Birefringence

Hiroshi Takasaki and Yoichi Yoshino
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 54(4) 551-551 (1964)

Photoelectric Measurement of Polarized Light by Means of an ADP Polarization Modulator. II. Photoelectric Elliptic Polarimeter

Hiroshi Takasaki
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 51(4) 463-463 (1961)