Аннотации:
Here we present the results of theoretical and experimental determination of effective circular phase anisotropy, effective linear phase anisotropy, effective linear amplitude anisotropy and effective circular amplitude anisotropy of a composed polarization system with the properties of a quarter wave plate. It has been shown that the effective linear phase shift of such polarization system is not equal to the quarter wave plate phase shift and depends on the single wave plate parameters. © 2011 Copyright Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).