Linear light oscillating along the x-axis is passed through a quarter-wave plate whose fast axis is 45

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Linear light oscillating along the x-axis is passed through a quarter-wave plate whose fast axis is 45° above the x-axis. Use the phasor method to graphically show that the emerging light is right-circular. First draw the x'-axis at 45° above the x-axis; position-O for the Ey' phasor is downward off in the negative y'-direction.

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Optics

ISBN: 978-0133977226

5th edition

Authors: Eugene Hecht

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