Simple method for determining the fast axis of a wave plate

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doi:10.1117/1.1519242

1 December 2002 Simple method for determining the fast axis of a wave plate

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 41, Issue 12, (December 2002). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1519242

Based on the metals property of modifying the phase of an incident beam, a simple method for identifying the fast axis of a wave plate independent of a standard retarder is demonstrated.

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Petre-Catalin Logofatu "Simple method for determining the fast axis of a wave plate," Optical Engineering 41(12), (1 December 2002). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1519242

Published: 1 December 2002

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