Polarization errors associated with zero-order achromatic quarter-wave plates in the whole visible spectral range

Optics Express

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 225-226

  Boulbry, Bruno ^a   Bousquet, Bruno ^a   Le Jeune, Bernard ^a   Guern, Yves ^a   Lotrian, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELLIPSOMETRY; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLARIMETERS;

POLARIZATION ERRORS; POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE DEVICES; SPECTRAL RANGE;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0000771391     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.9.000225     Document Type: Article

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