Phase shift formulas in uniaxial media: An application to waveplates

The calculation of phase shift and optical path difference in birefringent media is related to a wide range of applications and devices. We obtain an explicit formula for the phase shift introduced by an anisotropic uniaxial plane-parallel plate with arbitrary orientation of the optical axis when th...

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Publicado: 2010
Materias:
Maxwell equations
Arbitrary direction
Arbitrary orientation
Birefringent media
Explicit formula
Oblique incidence
Optical path difference
Plane-parallel plates
Uniaxial media
Phase shift
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spelling paper:paper_1559128X_v49_n15_p2769_Veiras2023-06-08T16:23:40Z Phase shift formulas in uniaxial media: An application to waveplates Maxwell equations Arbitrary direction Arbitrary orientation Birefringent media Explicit formula Oblique incidence Optical path difference Plane-parallel plates Uniaxial media Phase shift The calculation of phase shift and optical path difference in birefringent media is related to a wide range of applications and devices. We obtain an explicit formula for the phase shift introduced by an anisotropic uniaxial plane-parallel plate with arbitrary orientation of the optical axis when the incident wave has an arbitrary direction. This allows us to calculate the phase shift introduced by waveplates when considering oblique incidence as well as optical axis misalignments. The expressions were obtained by using Maxwell's equations and boundary conditions without any approximation. They can be applied both to single plane wave and space-limited beams. © 2010 Optical Society of America. 2010 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_1559128X_v49_n15_p2769_Veiras http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_1559128X_v49_n15_p2769_Veiras
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topic Maxwell equations
Arbitrary direction
Arbitrary orientation
Birefringent media
Explicit formula
Oblique incidence
Optical path difference
Plane-parallel plates
Uniaxial media
Phase shift
spellingShingle Maxwell equations
Arbitrary direction
Arbitrary orientation
Birefringent media
Explicit formula
Oblique incidence
Optical path difference
Plane-parallel plates
Uniaxial media
Phase shift
Phase shift formulas in uniaxial media: An application to waveplates
topic_facet Maxwell equations
Arbitrary direction
Arbitrary orientation
Birefringent media
Explicit formula
Oblique incidence
Optical path difference
Plane-parallel plates
Uniaxial media
Phase shift
description The calculation of phase shift and optical path difference in birefringent media is related to a wide range of applications and devices. We obtain an explicit formula for the phase shift introduced by an anisotropic uniaxial plane-parallel plate with arbitrary orientation of the optical axis when the incident wave has an arbitrary direction. This allows us to calculate the phase shift introduced by waveplates when considering oblique incidence as well as optical axis misalignments. The expressions were obtained by using Maxwell's equations and boundary conditions without any approximation. They can be applied both to single plane wave and space-limited beams. © 2010 Optical Society of America.
title Phase shift formulas in uniaxial media: An application to waveplates
title_short Phase shift formulas in uniaxial media: An application to waveplates
title_full Phase shift formulas in uniaxial media: An application to waveplates
title_fullStr Phase shift formulas in uniaxial media: An application to waveplates
title_full_unstemmed Phase shift formulas in uniaxial media: An application to waveplates
title_sort phase shift formulas in uniaxial media: an application to waveplates
publishDate 2010
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_1559128X_v49_n15_p2769_Veiras
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_1559128X_v49_n15_p2769_Veiras
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