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Meadowlark Optics, Inc.

Joel R Blum

Paul A Searcy

Thomas G Baur

A birefringent optical filter and associated method are described which demonstrate improved performance for both fixed and tunable filter configurations. One exemplary embodiment involves an initial filter configuration, having an output polarizer, that exhibits an initial spectral filter response having an undesired transmission feature and a desired transmission feature. An additional polarizer follows the output polarizer and an adjustable retarder is disposed directly between the output polarizer and the additional polarizer to produce an overall spectral filter response that eliminates the undesired transmission feature, while passing the desired transmission feature. Another exemplary embodiment uses at least one reflective polarizer for passing light along the filter optical path, which light is characterized by a selected polarization, and for reflecting a rejected light that is characterized by a different polarization such that the rejected light is directed out of the optical path.

Advanced liquid crystal tunable filters and method

A polarimeter for receiving input electromagnetic radiation characterized by a polarization state and for determining the polarization state. The polarimeter includes a refractive arrangement for refracting the input electromagnetic radiation so as to provide a spatial pattern corresponding to the polarization state, and an image analysis arrangement for receiving the spatial pattern, producing an electronic image of the spatial pattern, and for determining the polarization state of the input electromagnetic radiation according to the electronic image of the spatial pattern.

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Northglenn, CO, United States of America

Joel R Blum