First-surface mirrors don't polarize, do they?
- From: nospam@xxxxxxxxxx (Paul Ciszek)
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 06:01:15 +0000 (UTC)
So, I was discussing possible sources of polarization in the spectrometer
with the guy who runs the lab, and he thought that mirrors might also
have a polarizing influence. Now, I know that an interface between two
transparent media can act as a polarizer (i.e., Brewster's angle) but I
thought the whole point of a first-surface mirror was that it reflected
almost everything that fell on it, at almost any angle.
(Perhaps I am using the wrong term; I am refering to mirrors that are
metalized on the outside, unlike household mirrors.)
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