Optimal achromatic wave retarders using two birefringent wave plates
| dc.contributor.author | Vilas Prieto, José Luis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sánchez Brea, Luis Miguel | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bernabeu Martínez, Eusebio | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-19T13:24:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-06-19T13:24:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-03-20 | |
| dc.description | © 2013 Optical Society of America. This work was supported by the project “Photonic Transceiver for Secure Communications Space” of the European Space Agency with Tecnológica Ingeniería, Calidad y Ensayos, and by project DPI2011-27851 of the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion of Spain. | |
| dc.description.abstract | Two plates of different birefringence material can be combined to obtain an achromatic wave retarder. In this work, we achieve a correction for the overall retardation of the system that extends the relation to any azimuth. Current techniques for the design of achromatic wave retarders do not present a parameter that characterizes its achromatism on a range of wavelengths. Thus, an achromatic degree has been introduced, in order to determine the optimal achromatic design composed with retarder plates for a spectrum of incident light. In particular, we have optimized a quarter retarder using two wave plates for the visible spectrum. Our technique has been compared to previous results, showing significant improvement. | |
| dc.description.department | Depto. de Óptica | |
| dc.description.faculty | Fac. de Ciencias Físicas | |
| dc.description.refereed | TRUE | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA) | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Tecnológica Ingenieria Calidad y Ensayos (España) | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN), España | |
| dc.description.status | pub | |
| dc.eprint.id | https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/26076 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1364/AO.52.001892 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1559-128X | |
| dc.identifier.officialurl | http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.52.001892 | |
| dc.identifier.relatedurl | http://www.opticsinfobase.org | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/33596 | |
| dc.issue.number | 9 | |
| dc.journal.title | Applied Optics | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.page.final | 1896 | |
| dc.page.initial | 1892 | |
| dc.publisher | The Optical Society Of America | |
| dc.relation.projectID | Photonic Transceiver for Secure Communications Space | |
| dc.relation.projectID | DPI2011-27851 | |
| dc.rights.accessRights | open access | |
| dc.subject.cdu | 535 | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Linear Retarders | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Quartz | |
| dc.subject.ucm | Óptica (Física) | |
| dc.subject.unesco | 2209.19 Óptica Física | |
| dc.title | Optimal achromatic wave retarders using two birefringent wave plates | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dc.volume.number | 52 | |
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