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Construction of parallel grids acting as semitransparent flat mirrors in the far infrared
1Laboratoire d'Electronique et de Ressonance Magnetique, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Tour 12, 4, Place Jussieu, 75230 Paris Cedex 05, France.
The Review of Scientific Instruments
|July 1, 1978
Abstract:
The construction of metallic wired grids used as semitransparent mirrors is described. The reflectance of such grids varies widely with the polarization direction of the beam. The measured characteristics are compared with those calculated. These grids are used in the cavity of an HCN laser and determine the polarization direction of the output beam.
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