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[mfs378]

I need to find some information about transmission through a polarizer at non-normal incidence. I can't seem to find any help anywhere.

Basically, given a beam with polarization [px py pz] incident upon a polarizer in the xy plane, what is the transmitted polarization (and amplitude). For the sake of discussion lets say the polarizer absorbs light in the x polarized direction.

If anyone can answer this or find info online I will be impressed.

 

[tyler811]

This maybe???? Don't know just trying to help.

 

[Oscar1613]

should just be [0 py pz] IIRC

 

[TheoPetro]

Originally posted by: Oscar1613
should just be [0 py pz] IIRC

sounds good to me. but then again what do I know I slept through that part.

 

[mfs378]

If its [0 py pz] then for a polarization which absorbs in the y direction it would be [px 0 pz]. It seems to me that the light which is transmitted through the x-polarizer should not be transmitted through the y-polarizer. That is why I am hesitant to agree.

 

[SKORPI0]

Maybe this one... <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://web.mit.edu/people/jinseok/research/archives/presentation/2006HTPD.pdf">Analytic prediction of polarization angle
at non-normal incidence</a>

 

[mfs378]

Wow thats a little bit more than I want to go in to.