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waveplate or ****er is an
optical device that
alters the
polarization state of a
light wave
travelling through it. Two
common types of
waveplates are...
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polarized light to the
other handedness, one can use a half-
waveplate. A half-
waveplate shifts a
given linear component of
light one half of a wavelength...
- polarizer, a
waveplate (****er) and a
second horizontal polarizer.: 95–96
Linearly polarized light travels fastest when
aligned with the
waveplate's fast F...
- orientation,
parallel to the
optical surface, may be used to
create a
waveplate, in
which there is no
distortion of the
image but an
intentional modification...
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circular polarization state may be
generated by a
quarter waveplate, however,
common optical waveplates are
typically designed for visible, near- and mid-infrared...
- quartz.
Plates made of
these materials for this
purpose are
referred to as
waveplates.
Uniaxial crystals have one
crystal axis that is
different from the other...
- and inhomogeneous, such as an
inhomogeneous anisotropic birefringent waveplate. Q-plates are also
currently realized using total internal reflection...
- two
crystals in
opposite orientation,
which together give a zero-order
waveplate when the
voltage is
turned off. This is
often not
perfect and
drifts with...
- Half
waveplate (HWP),
polarizing beamsplitter (PBS),
steering mirrors (M#),
photoconductive antenna,
parabolic mirrors (PM#),
quarter waveplate (QWP)...
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Polarizer Polaroid (polarizer)
Radial polarization Rayleigh sky
model Waveplate Shipman, James; Wilson,
Jerry D.; Higgins,
Charles A. (2015). An Introduction...
