Large scale polarizer and polarizer system employing it

Optical: systems and elements – Polarization without modulation – Polarization by birefringence

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ABSTRACT:
A large scale polarizer having one or more quartz substrate parts formed as a rectangle, a triangle, or a parallelogram, and a polarizer holder supporting the quartz substrate part. The polarizer holder may be in a lattice structure holding a plurality of quartz substrate parts. A polarizer system employing the large scale polarizer includes a lens making an incident light to a parallel light, the large scale polarizer, and a moving control part coupled to and moving the large scale polarizer.

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