Analysis of birefringence compensation using a quarter-wave plate in solid-state lasers

Optical Review

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-151

  Kandasamy, Ranganathan ^a   Yamanaka, Masanobu ^a   Izawa, Yasukasu ^a   Nakai, Sadao ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birefringence compensation; Depolarization loss; Jones matrix; Quarter wave plate; Stress induced birefringence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034336481     PISSN: 13406000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10043-000-0149-z     Document Type: Article

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