Terahertz Achromatic Quarter-wave Plate

Overview

Journal Opt Lett

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2006 Jan 31

PMID 16441051

Citations 19

Authors

Jean-Baptiste Masson

Guilhem Gallot

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Abstract

Phase retarders usually present a strong frequency dependence. We discuss the design and characterization of a terahertz achromatic quarter-wave plate. This wave plate is made from six birefringent quartz plates precisely designed and stacked together. Phase retardation has been measured over the whole terahertz range by terahertz polarimetry. This achromatic wave plate demonstrates a huge frequency bandwidth (upsilonmax/upsilonmin approximately 7), and therefore can be applied to terahertz time domain spectroscopy and polarimetry.

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