Title: Variable wavelength interferometry of birefringent retarders
Abstract: A new interferometric procedure is proposed for testing birefringent retarders. The procedure uses monochromatic light with a continuously variable wavelength and two parallel pointer lines localized at a distance from each other in the fringe interference field of a double-refracting interferometer. The zero-order fringe of the empty interference field is brought into coincidence with one pointer line, and higher-order interference fringes displaced by an object under study are next brought into consecutive coincidence with the other pointer line as the wavelength of the monochromatic light is continuously varied.
Publication Year: 1987
Publication Date: 1987-06-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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