Birefringence mitigation (General)
ShalikaSingh - 11:19, Monday 15 May 2023 (3252)
LC 2 extinction ratio

[Shalika, Marc]

1. The extinction ratio of our second LC was measured using the method mentioned in elog 3241. The power at transmission was observed to obtain the maximum and minimum power for every voltage by correspondingly rotating the LC. 

2. The error bars are coming from the power fluctuations we measured.

3. The extinction ratio observed was at about 1.0332+/-0.0013 for all voltages. [see Fig 1]

4. Also the setup was moved to accomodate the new vertical slider and box because we have overhead table too. [see Fig 2]

 

[We also measured the fast axis orientation using the method in elog 3242 but the results were a bit confusing so its work in progress]

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