Sensitivity of rhomb-type phase retarders to the input angle

LI Guo-liang; SONG Lian-ke; HAO Dian-zhong; ZHOU Wen-ping; FAN Kai-min

In order clearly to learn the regularity that sensitivity to variations in the input angle of incidence i of a rhomb-type achromatic quarter-wave phase retarder vary with refractive index n,the total reflection phase transformation formula are used to deduce the transmissivity formula of sensitivity to variations in the input angle of incidence i of retarders and refractive index n and draw the theoretical curves.The result indicates that retarders are more sensitive to variations in the input angle of incidence i with refractive index increasing.So the higher refractive index material should be avoided in designing retarders.This application is advantageous in analyzing error in phase retardance measurement.

Corresponding author: SONG Lian-ke, lksong@qfnu.edu.cn;

1. Department of Physics, Southwest Guizhou Teachers' College of Nationalities, Xingyi 562400, China;

2. Institute of Laser Research, Qufu Normal University, Qufu 273165, China;

3. School of Physics and Electronic Information, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, China

Received Date: 2007-02-05

Accepted Date: 2007-04-11

Available Online: 2008-04-25

Abstract: In order clearly to learn the regularity that sensitivity to variations in the input angle of incidence i of a rhomb-type achromatic quarter-wave phase retarder vary with refractive index n,the total reflection phase transformation formula are used to deduce the transmissivity formula of sensitivity to variations in the input angle of incidence i of retarders and refractive index n and draw the theoretical curves.The result indicates that retarders are more sensitive to variations in the input angle of incidence i with refractive index increasing.So the higher refractive index material should be avoided in designing retarders.This application is advantageous in analyzing error in phase retardance measurement.

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Sensitivity of rhomb-type phase retarders to the input angle

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