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quarter-wave plate |
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quarter-wave plate [′kwȯrd·ər ‚wāv ¦plāt] (optics) A thin sheet of mica or other doubly refracting crystal material of such thickness as to introduce a phase difference of one quarter-cycle between the ordinary and the extraordinary components of light passing through; such a plate converts circularly polarized light into plane-polarized light. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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For a perfect quarter-wave plate these are related to [delta] and [psi] by the eq (2) |
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