Phase retardometer: A proposed device for measuring phase retardance

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 2078-2080

  Nagib, Nabil N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STANDARDS   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CALIBRATION; ELLIPSOMETRY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHASE SHIFT;

PHASE RETARDOMETERS;

OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION;

EID: 0000634674     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.002078     Document Type: Article

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