[Polarization characteristic of LiF polarizer at UV-VUV spectral range]

A method of determinating the degree of polarization of grating, polarizer and analyzer at some wavelength is introduced. The degrees of polarization of LiF polarizers were determined with 1 m Seya-Namioka monochromator by this way. The source is hollow cathode source. The degrees of polarization of two, four and eight LiF plates were measured at 120, 149.2, 174.2, 214.2, 235.0, 300 and 340 nm. The theoretical and experimental reults were consistent within the error. The angular extinction dependence of the LiF polarizer and analyzer was measured at VUV wavelengths. The results showed the expected cosine square dependence, so a high degree of polarization was indeed produced. Also, the LiF polarizer was used to measure the polarization characters of the Al + MgF2 reflectance and the absolute grating efficiency at both parallel and perpendicular to their incident plane.