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A prescription for transforming polarization states of light using two quarter waveplates

Optics 2016-10-27 v1

Abstract

It is well known that state transformation from one polarization state to another can be achieved with a minimal gadget consisting of two quarter waveplates. A constructive, geometric approach is presented, which provides a direct prescription for the fast axis setting of the waveplates to transform any completely polarized states of light to any other, including orthogonal ones.

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@article{arxiv.1610.08316,
  title  = {A prescription for transforming polarization states of light using two quarter waveplates},
  author = {B. Radhakrishna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.08316},
  year   = {2016}
}