Interference effects in pancharatnam wave plates

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1047-1051

  Clarke, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interference effects in Pancharatnam wave plates; Phase delay fringes in wave plates; Polarizance fringes in wave plates; Polarization; Principal axis fringes in wave plates; Super achromatic retarders

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; LASER BEAMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICS; POLARIMETERS; THIN FILMS;

PANCHARATNAM WAVE PLATES; PHASE DELAYS; POLARIZANCE FRINGES IN WAVE PLATES; PRINCIPAL AXIS FRINGES IN WAVE PLATES; SUPER-ACHROMATIC RETARDERS;

SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

EID: 9144242628     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/6/11/008     Document Type: Article

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