Chapter 3: Polarization |
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| A beam of light incident on a calcite crystal is subjected to double refraction. Two polarized beams emerge from the crystal |
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| 3.1. Main Laws and Formulae |
| 3.1.1 Linearly polarized light |
| 3.1.2 Elliptically polarized light |
| 3.1.3 Reflectivity and refractivity |
| 3.1.4 Birefringence |
| 3.1.5 Vectors for forms of polarization and matrices for polarizers and retarders |
| 3.2 Problems |
| 3.2.1 Natural light |
| 3.2.2 Linearly polarized light |
| 3.2.3 Half-wave retarder 1 |
| 3.2.4 Retarders |
| 3.2.5 A calcite plate |
| 3.2.6 A calcite prism |
| 3.2.7 A quartz prism |
| 3.2.8 Two calcite prisms 1 |
| 3.2.9 Two calcite prisms 2 |
| 3.2.10 Two polarizers |
| 3.2.11 Three polarizers |
| 3.2.12 A half-wave plate |
| 3.2.13 A quarter-wave plate 1 |
| 3.2.14 A quarter-wave plate 2 |
| 3.2.15 A quarter-wave plate 3 |
