Polarization errors associated with birefringent waveplates

Edward A. West; Matthew H. Smith

doi:10.1117/12.186698

14 September 1994 Polarization errors associated with birefringent waveplates

Edward A. West, Matthew H. Smith

Proceedings Volume 2265, Polarization Analysis and Measurement II; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.186698
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Although zero-order quartz waveplates are widely used in instrumentation that needs good temperature and field-of-view characteristics, the residual errors associated with these devices can be very important in high resolution polarimetry measurements. This paper will discuss how the field-of-view characteristics are affected by retardation errors and the misalignment of optic axes in a double crystal waveplate. The paper will then describe the retardation measurements that were made on zero-order quartz and single-order `achromatic' waveplates and how the misalignment errors affect those measurements.

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Edward A. West and Matthew H. Smith "Polarization errors associated with birefringent waveplates", Proc. SPIE 2265, Polarization Analysis and Measurement II, (14 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.186698

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