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Construction: The polarimeter consists of a monochromatic source S which is placed at focal point of a convex lens L. Just after the convex lens there is a Nicol Prism P which acts as a polariser. H is a half shade device which divides the field of polarized light emerging out of the Nicol P into two halves, generally of unequal brightness.
Two common types of waveplates are the half-wave plate, which rotates the polarization direction of linearly polarized light, and the quarter-wave plate, which converts between different elliptical polarizations (such as the special case of converting from linearly polarized light to circularly polarized light and vice versa.) [1]
It passes out the top side of the upper half of the prism with some refraction. The extraordinary ray, or e -ray, experiences a lower refractive index ( n e = 1.486) in the calcite crystal and is not totally reflected at the interface because it strikes the interface at a sub-critical angle.
The vector in the adjacent diagram might describe the oscillation of the electric field emitted by a single-mode laser (whose oscillation frequency would be typically 10 15 times faster). The field oscillates in the xy -plane, along the page, with the wave propagating in the z direction, perpendicular to the page.
A simple polarimeter to measure this rotation consists of a long tube with flat glass ends, into which the sample is placed. At each end of the tube is a Nicol prism or other polarizer. Light is shone through the tube, and the prism at the other end, attached to an eye-piece, is rotated to arrive at the region of complete brightness or that of ...
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This is often known as a polar diagram. Reciprocity. The radiation patterns of a vertical half-wave dipole, an omnidirectional antenna. The horizontal and vertical ...
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