Effect of elliptical birefringence on the measurement of the phase retardation of a quartz wave plate by an optical heterodyne polarimeter

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1367-1372

  Chou, Chien ^a   Huang, Yeu Chuen ^b   Chang, Ming ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elliptical birefringence; Heterodyne; Polarization; Wave plate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010179890     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.001367     Document Type: Article

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