Broad-band superachromatic retarders
| dc.contributor.author | Hariharan, P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-02-05T06:11:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-02-05T06:11:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1998 | |
| dc.description | Restricted Access. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | A simple achromatic retarder made of two plates of different birefringent materials can only be used over a limited range of wavelengths. One way to overcome this limitation is by using a combination of three such achromatic retarders. However, such a combination has the drawback that the orientation of its principal axis varies with the wavelength. An alternative method that is free from this drawback is to use a combination of three plates of different birefringent materials. This paper shows how this method of achromatization can be extended and presents a systematic design procedure for a superachromatic retarder using four plates of different birefringent materials giving an almost constant retardation over a very wide wavelength range. | en |
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| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Measurement Science and Technology, 1998, Vol.9, p1678-1681 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | E-ISSN(s): 1361-6501 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | P-ISSN(s): 0957-0233 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/3416 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Institute of Physics | en |
| dc.relation.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/9/10/006 | en |
| dc.rights | 1998 Institute of Physics | en |
| dc.subject | polarization | en |
| dc.subject | retarders | en |
| dc.subject | superachromatic | en |
| dc.subject | broad-band | en |
| dc.title | Broad-band superachromatic retarders | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |