Measurement of linear birefringence using a rotating-wave-plate Stokes polarimeter

Optik

Volumn 121, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2144-2148

  Lin, Jing Fung ^a  

^a FAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Principal axis; Retardance; Stokes parameter

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE ERROR; AVERAGE VALUES; DYNAMIC RANGE; INCIDENT LIGHT; LINEAR BIREFRINGENCE; LINEARLY POLARIZED; PRINCIPAL AXIS; QUARTER WAVES; RELATIVE ERRORS; RETARDANCE; STANDARD DEVIATION; STOKES PARAMETERS; STOKES POLARIMETER; WAVEPLATES;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLARIMETERS; STATISTICS;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 78349313722     PISSN: 00304026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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