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wave plate
(redirected from Quarter wave plate)

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wave plate [′wāv ‚plāt]
(optics)
A plate of material which is linearly birefringent. Also known as retardation plate; retardation sheet.


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2, the sample beam passes twice through the suitably oriented quarter wave plate and becomes plane polarized at 90[degrees] to the unmodified reference beam.
Precision ultrasonic wave measurements with simple equipment by Palmer, C. Harvey / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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