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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...
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linearly polarized light via quarter-
waveplates formed from
stacks of microvilli. Some of
their biological quarter-
waveplates perform more
uniformly over the...
- depolarized. If the
waveplates are not perfect, more
rotating waveplates can
improve performance.
Based on
electrooptic rotating waveplates, such polarization-independent...
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above a
paper with writing, as in the
above photographs. On the contrary,
waveplates specifically have
their optic axis
along the
surface of the plate, so...
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convert between linear, circular, and
elliptical polarizations with
waveplates.: 237 Many
crystals are
naturally birefringent, but
isotropic materials...
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waveplates are
commonly quartz or calcite.: 109
Rotating the
waveplate may
shift the
wavelength of the transmission...
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optical elements, or
optical instruments (including
reciprocal mirrors and
waveplates) to
process quantum information, and uses
photon detectors and quantum...
- Shih-Hao Wang; Jyun-Rong Lai (2011). "Biologically
inspired achromatic waveplates for
visible light".
Nature Communications. 2: 363. Bibcode:2011NatCo....
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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...
