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+\chapter{Hardware} % -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+\section{Adjustable periscopes} % ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+Our light sources take on horizontal or vertical polarizations according to which tuning process is
+used. %
+Our experiments are opinionated about polarization, so some strategy for aligning polarization is
+necessary. %
+Desire fully reflective, easy to switch without changing path length (delay) etc... For several
+years, we used brewster-angle polarization unifiers... %
+These worked by... %
+But these were very difficult to align, and they were too lossy for some of the weaker tuning
+processes. %
+As an alternative, we designed a more traditional periscope with adjustability for our unique
+needs. %
+
+\begin{figure}[htp!]
+ \centering
+ \includegraphics[scale=0.1]{"hardware/periscope"}
+ \label{f:periscope}
+ \caption{CAPTION TODO}
+\end{figure}
+
+\begin{enumerate}
+ \item in flipped polarization:
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item stage near
+ \item upper mirror far
+ \end{itemize}
+ \item in kept polarization:
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item stage x and upper mirror height near
+ \item lower mirror far
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{enumerate}