Two-wave-plate compensator method for full-field retardation measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-280

  Montarou, Carole C ^a   Gaylord, Thomas K ^a   Bachim, Brent L ^a   Dachevski, Alexei I ^a   Agarwal, Abhiruchi ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MICROSCOPES; OPTICAL DEVICES; POLARIZATION;

FIBER GRATINGS; RETARDATION MEASUREMENTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TWO-WAVE-PLATE COMPENSATOR (TWC);

ERROR CORRECTION;

EID: 31344473735     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.000271     Document Type: Article

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