Improved switchable achromatic phase shifters, part 2

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Hariharan, Parameswaran ^a   Ciddor, Philip E ^b   Roy, Maitreyee ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL MEASUREMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Achromatic; Interferometry; Phase shifters; Polarization; Switchable

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC DEVICES; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; NOMINAL RETARDATION; QUARTER WAVE; SWITCHABLE ACHROMATIC; SWITCHING ANGLE;

PHASE SHIFTERS;

EID: 33746336355     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2084587     Document Type: Article

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