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Waveplate

Known as: Lambda half plate, Wave-plate, Halfwave plate 
A waveplate or retarder is an optical device that alters the polarization state of a light wave travelling through it. Two common types of waveplates… 
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BirefringenceCircular polarizationFresnel rhombJones calculus

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Polarization (waves)

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Full-field measurement of the phase retardation for birefringent elements by using common path heterodyne interferometry
Review
2008
Review
2008
SPHERE ZIMPOL: overview and performance simulation
The ESO planet finder instrument SPHERE will search for the polarimetric signature of the reflected light from extrasolar planets… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Faithful qubit transmission against collective noise without ancillary qubits
We present a faithful qubit transmission scheme with linear optics against collective noise, not resorting to ancillary qubits… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A dedicated polarimeter for the MuSiCoS échelle spectrograph
We present in this paper the technical char- acteristics of a new polarimetric unit dedicated to the MuSiCoS echelle spectrograph… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Determination of orientation of the ground state using two‐photon nonresonant excitation
A method is presented for determining the population A{0}0+, the alignment factors A{2}q± and A{4}q ±, and the orientation… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
A high-resolution local network study of the Nazca Plate Wadati-Benioff Zone under western Argentina
This paper presents a precise determination of the fine structure of a Wadati-Benioff zone based on analysis of analog and… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
The Correlation Between Extracellular Polysaccharide Production and Acid Tolerance in Rhizobium 1
Rhizobial isolates from six host genera (Cicer, Phaseolus, Leucaena, Lens, Melilotus and Trifolium) were screened for ability to… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
X-Ray Diffraction Study of Aqueous Montmorillonite Emulsions
An X-ray diffraction study of aqueous emulsions of a Na-montmorillonite shows that: (1) At low water content, the d-spacings of… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Intergrown mica and montmorillonite in the Allende carbonaceous chondrite
Calcium-, aluminium-rich inclusions (CAIs) in carbonaceous chondrites such as Allende are of considerable interest because of… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Studies of effects of hydrogen bonding on orientational relaxation using picosecond light pulses
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