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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 4, Issue 3, 036015(2025)

Characterizing thermal emission polarization with a mid-wave infrared broadband polarization state analyzer between 2.5 and 5 μm Editors' Pick

Anne Nguyen1... Enrique Garcia-Caurel2 and Benjamin Vest1,* |Show fewer author(s)

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¹Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Palaiseau, France

²Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, LPICM, Palaiseau, France

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Category: Research Articles

Received: Mar. 16, 2025

Accepted: May. 6, 2025

Published Online: Jun. 3, 2025

The Author Email: Benjamin Vest (benjamin.vest@institutoptique.fr)

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.4.3.036015

CSTR:32397.14.1.APN.4.3.036015

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