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The Jones Matrix of a birefringent plate
| dc.creator | Wan, Xiaoke | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T22:57:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T22:57:59Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1999 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1999-THESIS-W155 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 38-39). | en |
| dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The Jones Matrix is very useful for birefringent filter design. The magnitudes of the ordinary ray and the extraordinary ray and the phase difference between them are represented in the four elements of the Jones Matrix. Any approximation neglecting the birefringence in the phase difference calculation is incorrect, and we have corrected two common errors that appeared in previous publications. The Jones Matrix of a single birefringent plate is rigorously determined; previous published results are inaccurate. We work in the PS polarization system (polarization parallel and perpendicular to the plane of incidence), and the boundary conditions of refraction are satisfied when we apply Fresnel's equations. The theory for the Jones Matrix is in agreement with our experimental data. Other experimental results for a birefringent filter are also presented. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | physics. | en |
| dc.subject | Major physics. | en |
| dc.title | The Jones Matrix of a birefringent plate | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | physics | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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