Dispersion of linearly polarized light propagating in a thin birefringent plate

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 752-759

  Yang, Xifeng ^a   Jia, Yaqing ^a   Zhao, Youbo ^a   Zhang, Tiequn ^a   Zhu, Xiaonong ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PHYSICAL OPTICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BIREFRINGENT PLATE; MULTIBEAM INTERFERENCE; OBLIQUE INCIDENCE; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; UNIAXIAL ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 17644381225     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.22.000752     Document Type: Article

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