Design and performance of a stable linear retarder

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 6458-6465

  Rochford, K B ^a,b   Rose, A H ^a,b   Williams, P A ^a,b   Wang, C M ^a,c   Clarke, I G ^d   Hale, P D ^a,b   Day, G W ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Optoelectronics Division   (United States)

^c Statistical Engineering Division   (United States)

^d Galileo Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Polarization; Retardance measurement; Retarder; Standards; Wave plate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000024308     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.006458     Document Type: Article

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