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| [[Image:Waveplate.png|thumb|300px|A half-wave plate. Linearly polarized light entering a waveplate can be resolved into two waves, parallel (shown as green) and perpendicular (blue) to the optical axis of the waveplate. In the plate, the parallel wave propagates slightly slower than the perpendicular one. At the far side of the plate, the parallel wave is exactly half of a wavelength delayed relative to the perpendicular wave, and the resulting combination (red) is orthogonally polarized compared to its entrance state.]] | | The [http://resistsec.org/index.php?title=A_Startling_Fact_about_Cctv_Dvr_Review_Uncovered CCTV cameras] from CCTV42 have been utilized cctv wireless security [http://rd.rakuten.co.jp/a/?R2=http%3A//cctvdvrreviews.com cctv dvr power consumption] camera systems dvr system to make arrests and [http://www.teckacz.cz/click.php?id=14232&url=http://cctvdvrreviews.com cctv dvr network] secure convictions this makes them the video security cameras you can trust to protect your property. Video transmission over the network utilizes what is known like a virtual matrix in contrast to dvr recorder without [http://casinopedia.nl/index.php/How_To_Turn_Your_Cctv_Surveillance_System_Suppliers_From_Blah_Into_Fantastic subscription CCTV] matrix switches. Cctv dvr philippines Often a retail establishment will be interested in a CCTV cam corder system that enables the owner as well as the staff to watch whether any thefts and other incidents have taken place.<br><br> |
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| A '''waveplate''' or '''retarder''' is an [[optics|optical]] device that alters the [[Polarization (waves)|polarization]] state of a [[light]] wave travelling through it. Two common types of waveplates are the ''half-wave plate'', which shifts the polarization direction of [[linear polarization|linearly polarized]] light, and the ''quarter-wave plate'', which converts linearly polarized light into [[circular polarization|circularly polarized]] light and vice versa.<ref name="hecht">{{cite book|author=Hecht, E.|title=Optics|edition=4th|year=2001|pages=352–5|isbn=0805385665}}</ref> A quarter wave plate can be used to produce elliptical polarization as well.
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| Waveplates are constructed out of a [[birefringence|birefringent]] material (such as [[quartz]] or [[mica]]), for which the [[index of refraction]] is different for different orientations of light passing through it. The behavior of a waveplate (that is, whether it is a half-wave plate, a quarter-wave plate, etc.) depends on the thickness of the crystal, the [[wavelength]] of light, and the variation of the index of refraction. By appropriate choice of the relationship between these parameters, it is possible to introduce a controlled phase shift between the two polarization components of a light wave, thereby altering its polarization.<ref name="hecht" />
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| == Principles of operation ==
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| A waveplate works by shifting the [[phase (waves)|phase]] between two perpendicular polarization components of the light wave. A typical waveplate is simply a [[Birefringence|birefringent]] crystal with a carefully chosen orientation and thickness. The crystal is cut into a plate, with the orientation of the cut chosen so that the [[Optic axis of a crystal|optic axis]] of the crystal is parallel to the surfaces of the plate. This results in two axes in the plane of the cut: the ''ordinary axis'', with index of refraction ''n''<sub>o</sub>, and the ''extraordinary axis'', with index of refraction ''n''<sub>e</sub>. For a light wave normally incident upon the plate, polarization component along the ordinary axis travels through the crystal with a speed ''v''<sub>o</sub> = ''c''/''n''<sub>o</sub>, while the polarization component along the extraordinary axis travels with a speed ''v''<sub>e</sub> = ''c''/''n''<sub>e</sub>. This leads to a phase difference between the two components as they exit the crystal. When ''n''<sub>e</sub> < ''n''<sub>o</sub>, as in [[calcite]], the extraordinary axis is called the ''fast axis'' and the ordinary axis is called the ''slow axis''. For ''n''<sub>e</sub> > ''n''<sub>o</sub> the situation is reversed.
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| Depending on the thickness of the crystal, light with polarization components along both axes will emerge in a different polarization state. The waveplate is characterized by the amount of relative phase, Γ, that it imparts on the two components, which is related to the birefringence Δ''n'' and the thickness ''L'' of the crystal by the formula
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| :<math>\Gamma = \frac{2 \pi\, \Delta n\, L}{\lambda_0},</math> | |
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| where λ<sub>0</sub> is the vacuum wavelength of the light.
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| Waveplates in general as well as polarizers can be described using the [[Jones calculus|Jones matrix]] formalism, which uses a vector to represent the polarization state of light and a matrix to represent the linear transformation of a waveplate or polarizer.
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| Although the birefringence Δ''n'' may vary slightly due to [[dispersion (optics)|dispersion]], this is negligible compared to the variation in phase difference according to the wavelength of the light due to the fixed path difference (λ<sub>0</sub> in the denominator in the above equation). Waveplates are thus manufactured to work for a particular range of wavelengths. The phase variation can be minimized by stacking two waveplates that differ by a tiny amount in thickness back-to-back, with the slow axis of one along the fast axis of the other. With this configuration, the relative phase imparted can be, for the case of a quarter-wave plate, one-fourth a wavelength rather than three-fourths or one-fourth plus an integer. This is called a ''zero-order waveplate''.
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| For a single waveplate changing the wavelength of the light introduces a linear error in the phase.
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| Tilt of the waveplate enters via a factor of 1/cos θ (where θ is the angle of tilt) into the path length and thus only quadratically into the phase. For the extraordinary polarization the tilt also changes the refractive index to the ordinary via a factor of cos θ, so combined with the path length, the phase shift for the extraordinary light due to tilt is zero.
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| A polarization-independent phase shift of zero order needs a plate with thickness of one wavelength.
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| For calcite the refractive index changes in the first decimal place, so that a true zero order plate is ten times as thick as one wavelength.
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| For [[quartz]] and [[magnesium fluoride]] the refractive index changes in the second decimal place and true zero order plates are common for wavelengths above 1 µm.
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| == Half-wave plate ==
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| For a half-wave plate, the relationship between ''L'', Δ''n'', and λ<sub>0</sub> is chosen so that the phase shift between polarization components is Γ = π. Now suppose a linearly polarized wave with polarization vector <math>\mathbf{\hat p}</math> is incident on the crystal. Let θ denote the angle between <math>\mathbf{\hat p}</math> and <math>\mathbf{\hat f}</math>, where <math>\mathbf{\hat f}</math> is the vector along the waveplate's fast axis. Let ''z'' denote the propagation axis of the wave. The electric field of the incident wave is
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| :<math>\mathbf{E}\,\mathrm{e}^{i(kz-\omega t)} = E\, \mathbf{\hat p}\,\mathrm{e}^{i(kz-\omega t)} = E (\cos\theta\, \mathbf{\hat f} + \sin\theta\, \mathbf{\hat s})\mathrm{e}^{i(kz-\omega t)},</math>
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| where <math>\mathbf{\hat s}</math> lies along the waveplate's slow axis. The effect of the half-wave plate is to introduce a phase shift term e<sup>''i''Γ</sup> = e<sup>''i''π</sup> = −1 between the ''f'' and ''s'' components of the wave, so that upon exiting the crystal the wave is now given by
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| :<math>E (\cos\theta\, \mathbf{\hat f} - \sin\theta\, \mathbf{\hat s})\mathrm{e}^{i(kz-\omega t)} = E [\cos(-\theta) \mathbf{\hat f} + \sin(-\theta) \mathbf{\hat s}]\mathrm{e}^{i(kz-\omega t)}.</math>
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| If <math>\mathbf{\hat p}'</math> denotes the polarization vector of the wave exiting the waveplate, then this expression shows that the angle between <math>\mathbf{\hat p}'</math> and <math>\mathbf{\hat f}</math> is −θ. Evidently, the effect of the half-wave plate is to mirror the wave's polarization vector through the plane formed by the vectors <math>\mathbf{\hat f}</math> and <math>\mathbf{\hat z}</math>. For linearly polarized light, this is equivalent to saying that the effect of the half-wave plate is to rotate the polarization vector through an angle 2θ; however, for elliptically polarized light the half-wave plate also has the effect of inverting the light's [[chirality|handedness]].<ref name="hecht" />
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| == Quarter-wave plate ==
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| For a quarter-wave plate, the relationship between ''L'', Δ''n'', and λ<sub>0</sub> is chosen so that the phase shift between polarization components is Γ = π/2. Now suppose a linearly polarized wave is incident on the crystal. This wave can be written as
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| :<math>(E_f \mathbf{\hat f} + E_s \mathbf{\hat s})\mathrm{e}^{i(kz-\omega t)},</math> | |
| where the ''f'' and ''s'' axes are the quarter-wave plate's fast and slow axes, respectively, the wave propagates along the ''z'' axis, and ''E<sub>f</sub>'' and ''E<sub>s</sub>'' are real. The effect of the quarter-wave plate is to introduce a phase shift term e<sup>''i''Γ</sup> =e<sup>''i''π/2</sup> = ''i'' between the ''f'' and ''s'' components of the wave, so that upon exiting the crystal the wave is now given by
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| :<math>(E_f \mathbf{\hat f} + i E_s \mathbf{\hat s})\mathrm{e}^{i(kz-\omega t)}.</math>
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| The wave is now elliptically polarized.
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| If the axis of polarization of the incident wave is chosen so that it makes a 45° with the fast and slow axes of the waveplate, then ''E<sub>f</sub>'' = ''E<sub>s</sub>'' ≡ ''E'', and the resulting wave upon exiting the waveplate is
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| :<math>E(\mathbf{\hat f}+i\mathbf{\hat s})\mathrm{e}^{i(kz-\omega t)},</math>
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| and the wave is circularly polarized.
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| If the axis of polarization of the incident wave is chosen so that it makes a 0° with the fast or slow axes of the waveplate, then the polarization will not change, so remains linear. If the angle is in between 0° and 45° the resulting wave has an elliptical polarization.
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| A circulating polarization looks strange, but can be easier imagined as the sum of two linear polarizations which a phase difference of 90°. The output depends on the polarization of the input. Suppose polarization axes x and y parallel with the fast and slow axis of the wave plate:
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| [[File:Quarter wave plate polarizaton.gif]]
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| The polarization of the incoming photon (or beam) can be resolved a two polarizations on the x and y axis. If the input polarization is parallel to the fast or slow axis, then there is no polarization of the other axis, so the output polarization is the same as the input (only the phase more or less delayed). If the input polarization is 45° to the fast and slow axis, the polarization on those axes are equal. But the phase of the output of the slow axis will be delayed 90° with the output of the fast axis. If not the amplitude but both sinus values are displayed, then x and y combined will describe a circle. With other angles than 0° or 45° the values in fast and slow axis will differ and their resultant output will describe an ellipse.
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Crystal optics]]
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| * [[Photoelastic modulator]]
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| * [[Circular polarization]]
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| * [[Polarization rotator]]
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| == References ==
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| {{reflist}}
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| == External links ==
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| *[http://www.rp-photonics.com/waveplates.html Waveplates] RP photonics ''Encyclopedia of Laser Physics and Technology''
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| *[http://optics.byu.edu/animation/polarwav.mov Polarizers and Waveplates] Animation
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| [[Category:Polarization (waves)]]
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