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Waveplate

A 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 the half-wave plate, which rotates the polarization direction of linearly polarized light, and the quarter-wave plate, which converts between different elliptical polarizations (such as the special case…

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Principles of operation

PhaseOptic axisCalciteJones matrixDispersion
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Plate types

Electric fieldHandednessElliptically polarizedLyot filterCan be replaced
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OpticalPolarizationLightLinearly polarizedCircularly polarized
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Use in mineralogy and optical petrology

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Use in mineralogy and optical petrology

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Waveplate

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Triples27
Avg. degree1.95
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Waveplate

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related to Half-wave plate · 8
Waveplate → Delta, Evidently, For, Gamma, If, Let, Now, The
related to Principles of operation · 7
Waveplate → Delta, Depending, For, Gamma, The, This, When
related to External links · 6
Waveplate → Encyclopedia, Laser Physics, TechnologyPolarizers, Waveplates Archived, Waveplates RP, Wayback Machine Animation
related to Multiple-order vs. zero-order waveplates · 6
Waveplate → By, Either, Lyot, Stacking, This, Zero-order

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Waveplaterelated to External linksWaveplates RP0.60section
Waveplaterelated to External linksEncyclopedia0.60section
Waveplaterelated to External linksLaser Physics0.60section
Waveplaterelated to External linksTechnologyPolarizers0.60section
Waveplaterelated to External linksWaveplates Archived0.60section
Waveplaterelated to External linksWayback Machine Animation0.60section
Waveplaterelated to Half-wave plateFor0.60section
Waveplaterelated to Half-wave plateDelta0.60section
Waveplaterelated to Half-wave plateGamma0.60section
Waveplaterelated to Half-wave plateNow0.60section
Waveplaterelated to Half-wave plateLet0.60section
Waveplaterelated to Half-wave plateThe0.60section

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