WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE OF THE PHASE RETARDATION OF A QUARTER-WAVE PLATE

Authors
DENICOLA S FERRARO P FINIZIO A PIERATTINI G
Citation
S. Denicola et al., WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE OF THE PHASE RETARDATION OF A QUARTER-WAVE PLATE, Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 60(4), 1995, pp. 405-407
Citations number
6
Journal title
Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09462171
Volume
60
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
405 - 407
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(1995)60:4<405:WDOTPR>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We describe an optical heterodyne polarization interferometer that can be efficiently used for the precision measurement of the change in th e state of polarization of a light wave induced by polarizing optical devices. This technique is used to measure the change with wavelength of the phase retardation of a quarter-wave plate. A theoretical deriva tion is presented to permit computation of the wavelength dependence o f the phase shift induced by a quarter-wave plate.