Birefringence and transmission of an antireflection-coated sulfur-free cadmium selenide Wollaston prism at 30  K

Christopher C. Packham; Rachel E. Mason; Glenn D. Boreman

doi:10.1117/1.3050420

1 December 2008 Birefringence and transmission of an antireflection-coated sulfur-free cadmium selenide Wollaston prism at 30 K

Christopher C. Packham, Rachel E. Mason, Glenn D. Boreman

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 47, Issue 12, 126401 (December 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3050420

Abstract

We present a determination of the change with temperature and wavelength of the degree of birefringence of a cold (~30 K) Wollaston prism constructed from antireflection (AR)–coated sulfur-free cadmium selenide (CdSe). We compare the normalized birefringence for the material to that estimated by the Sellmeier-4 formula and to previously published measurements of a warm sample of sulfur-free CdSe. Finally, we measure the transmission as a function of wavelength.

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Christopher C. Packham, Rachel E. Mason, and Glenn D. Boreman "Birefringence and transmission of an antireflection-coated sulfur-free cadmium selenide Wollaston prism at 30 K," Optical Engineering 47(12), 126401 (1 December 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3050420

Published: 1 December 2008

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