waveplate or retarder 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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Circular polarization (section Waveplate)
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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polarizer, a waveplate (retarder) and a second horizontal polarizer.: 95–96 Linearly polarized light travels fastest when aligned with the waveplate's fast F...
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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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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...
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Half waveplate (HWP), polarizing beamsplitter (PBS), steering mirrors (M#), photoconductive antenna, parabolic mirrors (PM#), quarter waveplate (QWP)...
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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...
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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...
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Polarizer Polaroid (polarizer) Radial polarization Rayleigh sky model Waveplate Shipman, James; Wilson, Jerry D.; Higgins, Charles A. (2015). An Introduction...
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This difference in index of refraction causes the material to act like a waveplate when light is incident on it in a direction perpendicular to the electric...
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to convert between linear, circular, and elliptical polarizations with waveplates.: 237 Many crystals are naturally birefringent, but isotropic materials...
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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...
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and inhomogeneous, such as an inhomogeneous anisotropic birefringent waveplate. Q-plates are also currently realized using total internal reflection...
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either by translating the objective Nomarski prism, or by a lambda/4 waveplate between polarizer and the condenser Normarski prism (De-Senarmont Compensation)...
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polarization direction. A Pockels cell can thus be seen as a voltage-controlled waveplate, and it can be used for modulating the polarization state. For a linear...
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optical elements, or optical instruments (including reciprocal mirrors and waveplates) to process quantum information, and uses photon detectors and quantum...
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simultaneously. Active filters in femtosecond pulse shaping Photoelastic modulator Waveplate Larry J. Hornbeck (TI), Digital Light Processing for High-Brightness,...
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quantum CNOT gate, yielding two bits of classical information. The target photon is then rotated with two controllable waveplates based on this information....
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a_{z}} . For this method to work, the fast axis and the slow axis of the waveplate must be aligned with the reference directions for the basis states. The...
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Shih-Hao Wang; Jyun-Rong Lai (2011). "Biologically inspired achromatic waveplates for visible light". Nature Communications. 2: 363. Bibcode:2011NatCo....
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relatively simple in operation, since tuning is via mechanical rotation of waveplates rather than via high voltage control of piezoelectric crystals or lithium...
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cubic phase masks works to blur the image uniformly using a cubic shaped waveplate so that the intermediate image, the optical transfer function, is out...
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Optics Co., Ltd Company type Private Industry Optics Founded 1978, China Products Lenses, Prisms, Waveplates, Beam splitters Website www.sun-optics.com...
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filter, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sensor, polarizers, waveplate, anti-reflective structures, integrated photonics circuit and plasmonic...
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vector points towards the center of the beam. In practice, an array of waveplates may be used to provide an approximation to a radially polarized beam....
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optics. Linear optics includes most applications of lenses, mirrors, waveplates, diffraction gratings, and many other common optical components and systems...
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relatively simple in operation, since tuning is via mechanical rotation of waveplates rather than via high voltage control of piezoelectric crystals or lithium...
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contained grism slits and field lenses. An external wheel containing a waveplate could be used with a polarizer in the CVF wheel for polarimetry. NSFCam2...
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for example be obtained by placing on the optical path three rotatable waveplates in cascade: a first quarterwave plate, which is oriented to transform...
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were revealed to be caused by a lack of buoyancy, malfunctioning of the waveplate, and problems with the drain pump. The K11 assault rifle has been found...
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