At a wavelength 692 nm, the ordinary and extra-ordinary refractive indices in a uniaxial crystal are 1.558 and 1.611, respectively. If we make a thin disk of the material, with the optical axis parallel to the plane of the disk, what thickness of disk (in microns) would make a true zero-order quarter-wave plate?

At a wavelength 692 nm, the ordinary and extra-ordinary refractive indices in a uniaxial crystal are 1.558 and 1.611, respectively. If we make a thin disk of the material, with the optical axis parallel to the plane of the disk, what thickness of disk (in microns) would make a true zero-order quarter-wave plate?

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Chapter5: Matter Waves

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