Measurements of linearly birefringent media parameters using the optical vortex interferometer with the Wollaston compensator

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Wozniak W A ^a   Banach, M ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Optical vortices; Wollaston compensator

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH ANGLES; BIREFRINGENT MEDIA; EIGENVECTORS; EIGENWAVES; MACH-ZEHNDER; MUTUAL DISPLACEMENT; OPTICAL VORTEX INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL VORTICES; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; POLARIZATION ELEMENTS; POLARIZATION SINGULARITIES; SET-UPS; SUB-LATTICES; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES; WOLLASTON COMPENSATOR;

INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; POLARIZATION; VORTEX FLOW;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 70449365112     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/9/094024     Document Type: Article

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