An achromatic polarization retarder realized with slowly varying linear and circular birefringence
Optics
2015-05-28 v1
Abstract
Using the phenomena of linear and circular birefringence we propose a device that can alter general elliptical polarization of a beam by a predetermined amount, thereby allowing conversion between linearly-polarized light and circularly polarized light or changes to the handedness of the polarization. Based on an analogy with two-state adiabatic following of quantum optics, the proposed device is insensitive to the frequency of the light -- it serves as an achromatic polarization retarder.
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@article{arxiv.1105.0316,
title = {An achromatic polarization retarder realized with slowly varying linear and circular birefringence},
author = {A. A. Rangelov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.0316},
year = {2015}
}