Re: De-polarize light?

In article <eUP8h.1931$ql2.691@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Adam Norton" <AnortonREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Since un-polarized light is actually just light that takes on random
polarization states versus time, it is impossible to truly de-polarize light
without a time-varying optic. Although, you can argue that something like a
Lyot depolarizer with a retardance much greater than the coherence length of
the bandwidth being detected will be produce essentially depolarized light.


This is IMHO a very good statement -- lots of physical understanding.
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