From: pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net   
      
   On 1/6/2015 8:54 PM, ggherold@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Monday, December 29, 2014 9:06:55 AM UTC-5, Phil Hobbs wrote:   
   >> I'll probably have to get a couple to play with.  The nonpolarizing thing   
   and the asymmetry make them potentially harder to use than PBSes for anything   
   at all fancy--for instance if the phase shift between p and s is more than a   
   degree or two, the    
   output polarization will be a mess.   
   >>   
   >> Cheers   
   >>   
   >> Phil Hobbs   
   >   
   > Hi Phil, (and I thought SO was dead.)   
   > If there is any absorption you get a phase shift.   
   > (But you know that.)   
   > We've used the phase shift in metallic beam splitters.   
      
   Interesting--what do you use it for?  IME it's usually a nuisance.   
   (You folks have some pretty cool ideas.)   
      
   Cheers   
      
   Phil Hobbs   
      
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