Figure A1.

Characteristics of the output radiation of a regulated linear polarizer consisting of N thin glass plates-calculation by Formulas (A5)–(A9); the input light is circularly polarized. (a) Dependence of the ellipticity of the output light on the angle of inclination of the glass plates; Inset: ellipticity of the output light as a function of the number N of glass plates set at the Brewster angle. The line is the calculation; the circles are the experiment. (b) Dependence of the transmission of the s-component of radiation on the angle of inclination of the glass plates.