PHASE DIFFERENCE SUPERPOSITION LAW FOR ELLIPTICALLY BIREFRINGENT MEDIA

Authors
RATAJCZYK F KURZYNOWSKI P
Citation
F. Ratajczyk et P. Kurzynowski, PHASE DIFFERENCE SUPERPOSITION LAW FOR ELLIPTICALLY BIREFRINGENT MEDIA, Optik, 99(3), 1995, pp. 92-94
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optik → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304026
Volume
99
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
92 - 94
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4026(1995)99:3<92:PDSLFE>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A new rule of the phase difference superposition for elliptically bire fringent media is presented. An elliptical birefringence is expressed as the superposition of a linear and circular birefringence. The super position rule is derived using the Poincare sphere formalism.