Right-circular light passes through a λ/4 retarder whose fast axis is vertical. Describe the emerging polarization state.

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Right-circular light passes through a λ/4 retarder whose fast axis is vertical. Describe the emerging polarization state. Did the polarization state shift one quarter of the way around the circle in Fig. 8.42?

Fig. 8.42Right Left — т п -5п/4 -3п/4 5п/4 Зп /4 +Д8 -Зп/2 Зп/2 п /2 —п/2 -Δε 7п/4 п/4 -7п/4 —п/4 2т ?

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Optics

ISBN: 978-0133977226

5th edition

Authors: Eugene Hecht

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