Definitions from Wiktionary (quarter-wave plate)
▸ noun: (physics) A sheet of birefringent material whose thickness is such that the light associated with the larger refractive index is retarded in phase by 90° with respect of that associated with the smaller refractive index; used to convert linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light.
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▸ noun: (physics) A sheet of birefringent material whose thickness is such that the light associated with the larger refractive index is retarded in phase by 90° with respect of that associated with the smaller refractive index; used to convert linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light.
Similar:
waveplate,
quarterwave,
birefringence,
plane wave,
plane polarized light,
theoretical plate,
phonobreather,
planewave,
circularly polarized light,
phase modulator,
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