title: Properties of an adjustable quarter-wave system under conditions of multiple beam interference.
abstract: We investigate the polarimetric properties of an adjustable two plate quarter-wave system. We take into account multiple beam interference within single wave plates. Different adjustments of an adjustable two plate quarter-wave system are required for the production of the left-handed and the right-handed circular polarized coherent light. We investigate experimentally laser light polarization conversion by the systems consisting of two birefringent mica plates. An adjustable two plate quarter-wave system produces high-quality circularly polarized coherent light with the intensity-related ellipticity better than 0.99 at any wavelength.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Electrophysics of Urals Branch of RAS, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
authors.forename: Evelina A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bibikova
authors.forename: Nataliya D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Kundikova