Abstract

With the use of concepts of elementary physical optics it is shown under what conditions the application of inexact compensators to the analysis of elliptically polarized light is justified. The validity of a procedure used by Vasicek, which has been questioned, is examined in detail.

© 1963 Optical Society of America

Analysis of Elliptically Polarized Light*

Robert C. Plumb
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 50(9) 892-894 (1960)

Theory of Measurement of Flow Birefringence by Use of the Sénarmont Compensator. II. Effect of Quarter-Wave Plate Error and Polychromatism*

C. A. Hollingsworth, W. E. Kaiser, and W. T. Granquist
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 54(5) 633-637 (1964)

Some Observations on the Use of Elliptically Polarized Light to Study Metal Surfaces*

Frederick P. Mertens, Paul Theroux, and Robert C. Plumb
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 53(7) 788-796 (1963)

Use of the Sénarmont Compensator for Measuring Double Refraction of Flow*

Alexander Rich
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 45(5) 393-395 (1955)

Application of the Sénarmont Polariscope to Analysis of Optical Maser Light

David Hellerstein
Appl. Opt. 2(8) 801-805 (1963)