Interference effects in compound and achromatic wave plates

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1041-1046

  Clarke, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achromatic retarders; Interference effects in compound wave plates; Phase delay fringes in wave plates; Polarizance fringes in wave plates; Polarization

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUARTZ;

ACHROMATIC RETARDERS; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS IN COMPOUND WAVE PLATES; PHASE DELAY FRINGES IN WAVE PLATES; POLARIZANCE FRINGES IN WAVE PLATES; SPECTROPOLARIMETRY;

SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

EID: 9144256802     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/6/11/007     Document Type: Article

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