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本帖最后由 棱丝 于 2018-9-22 07:38 编辑
In binoculars of roof prisms the light-path is split into two that reflect on either side of the roof prism ridge.
One half of the light reflects from roof surface 1 to roof surface 2. The other half of the light reflects from roof surface 2 to roof surface 1. This causes the light to becomes partially polarized (due to an effect called Brewster's angle).
During subsequent (连续的) reflections, the direction of the polarized vector is changed but it is changed differently for each light- path in a manner similar to a Foucault pendulum.
When the light of two light-paths are recombined, the vectors of the two light-paths can not coincide with each other (互相重合).
The angle between the two vectors is called the phase shift, or the geometric phase, or the Berry phase.
So-called geometric phase means:
If the polarization state of the lightwave changes during propagation, the wave may acquire an extra contribution to its phase, which is in addition to the change in its dynamical phase.
This phase contribution was first discussed by Pancharatnam and is referred to as Pancharatnam's phase of light.
The interference between the two light-paths (with different geometric phase) results in a varying intensity distribution in the image, which largely reduce contrast and resolution compared to Porro prism.
These interference can be killed by vapor depositing a special dielectric coatingi.e. phase-correction coating or P-coating on the roof surfaces of the roof prism.
This coatings can correct geometric phase difference between two light-paths, thus the both have the same phase shift and no interference degrades the image.
Binoculars of Schmidt-Pechan prism or Abbe-Koenig prism benefit from the phase correction coatings.
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