Transformation of polarization state of the light using wave plates with arbitrary phase difference: half wave plates

• Autorzy: Woźniak W. A. , Ratajczyk F.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The practical problem of the lack of a quarter-wave plate for an arbitrary wavelength has been solved in our earlier work. The possibility of substituting this plate with a combination of two (or more) retardation plates with phase shift different from 90° has been shown. However, there are some special cases in which another wave plate commonly used in polarization optics is needed, i.e., a half-wave plate. In the present paper some formulae have been derived for several of the most important applications of these retardation plates in measuring setup.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

polarized light; polarization; wave plate; phase difference

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej
• Czasopismo: Optica Applicata
• Rocznik: 2003
• Tom: Vol. 33, nr 2-3
• Strony: 337--343
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 4 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Woźniak W. A.

• Institute of Physics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

autor

Ratajczyk F.

• Institute of Physics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

Bibliografia

• [1] Brosseau C., Fundamentals of Polarized Light: a Statistical Optics Approach, A Wiley-Intersci. Pub. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York 1998.
• [2] Ratajczyk F., Woźniak W.A., Kurzynowski P., Opt. Commun. 183 (2000), 1.
• [3] Poincaré H., Theorie Mathematique de la Lumiere, Georges Carre, Paris 1892, Vol. 2.
• [4] Ratajczyk F., Kurzynowski P., Opt. Appl. 27 (1997), 255.