Theoretical Analysis of Two-in-one Composite 1/4 Wave-plate

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10.2991/mcei-17.2017.162How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Wave-plate; Jones vector; Polarization

Abstract

The wave-plate system composed by two wave-plates of arbitrary retardation can work as a 1/4 wave-plate, if the angle between the fast of axes satisfy certain relation. But common composition formula is composing of tangent function and cotangent function, which is improper for 1/4 wave-plate or 1/2 wave-plate. In this paper, according to the Jones vector theorems, a formula for composite 1/4 wave-plate was deduced theoretically with Jones matrix method. The solution is appropriate with simulation and experiments

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yu Chen
AU  - Yuqing Xie
AU  - Dong Xue
PY  - 2017/12
DA  - 2017/12
TI  - Theoretical Analysis of Two-in-one Composite 1/4 Wave-plate
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 7th International Conference on Mechatronics, Computer and Education Informationization (MCEI 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 762
EP  - 765
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/mcei-17.2017.162
DO  - 10.2991/mcei-17.2017.162
ID  - Chen2017/12
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