An achromatic quarterwave-plate for visible spectrum region using the dispersion of form birefringence

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4924, Issue , 2002, Pages 9-13

  Deer, Yi ^a   Qiaofeng, Tan ^a   Haitao, Liu ^a   Yingbai, Yan ^a   Guofan, Jin ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Achromatic quarter wave plate; Diffractive optics; Rigorous coupled wave theory; Subwavelength grating

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; HOLOGRAPHY;

ACHROMATIC QUARTER-WAVE PLATES; ACHROMATIC WAVE PLATES; FORM BIREFRINGENCE; NORMAL BINARIES; POLARIZATION COMPONENTS; POLARIZED BEAM SPLITTERS; RIGOROUS COUPLED-WAVE THEORY; SUB-WAVE LENGTH GRATING;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 33646734630     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.481506     Document Type: Conference Paper

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