The Power and Limitations of Polymers and Liquid Crystals for Polarization Control - By Tom Baur & Michael Kraemer

Part of SPIE’s Henri Poincaré Webinar Series on Optical Polarization and Related Phenomena, Tom Baur gives an interactive presentation regarding liquid crystals, based on the work of Tom Baur and Dr. Michael Kraemer.

There are new tools in the toolbox for polarization control. Polymers and liquid crystals provide significant advantages over classical solid crystal materials for precision optical applications requiring polarization control or measurement. We discuss the advantages and limitations of these materials and other new materials over the historically important crystalline polarizer and waveplates that have long been used for these applications.

Originally streamed on SPIE.org March 28 at 2:00 PM MST (2100 UTC)