Design and Preparation of Multilayer Dielectric Beam Splitter for Division-of-Amplitude Photopolarimeter at 1064 nm

Yuan Wenjia; Shen Weidong; Zhang Yueguang; Zheng Xiaowen; Mu Wen; Fang Bo; Yang Chenying; Liu Xu

doi:10.3788/aos201737.0531001

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