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A quasi-optical polarization rotator

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We present the theory and first measurements concerning a quasi-optical polarization rotator capable of operating over a broad frequency band.

It consists of a wire-grid polarizer and a plane mirror with quarter-wave spacing. It permits a single fixed receiver to analyse alternatively two orthogonal components of a signal. Its ease of realisation and use makes it appear as an attractive device in the millimeter and submillimeter region.

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  1. Radioastronomie Millimétrique, Observatoire de Meudon, 92190, Meudon Cedex, France

    C. Prigent, P. Abba & M. Cheudin

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Prigent, C., Abba, P. & Cheudin, M. A quasi-optical polarization rotator. Int J Infrared Milli Waves 9, 477–490 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01023755

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