Double-Resolution Wave Plate Measurement Based on Equivalent Components and Phase Compensation

Qianghua Chen; Duo Shao; Fuming Liu; Yu Guan; Lü Hongbo; Lina Si; Hongjuan Yan; Zhaoliang Dou

doi:10.3788/CJL231157

Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 51, Issue 8, 0804004(2024)

Double-Resolution Wave Plate Measurement Based on Equivalent Components and Phase Compensation

Qianghua Chen^*, Duo Shao, Fuming Liu, Yu Guan, Lü Hongbo, Lina Si, Hongjuan Yan, and Zhaoliang Dou

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School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, North China University of Technology, Beijing 100144, China

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Fig. 1. Schematic of the measurement optical system

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Fig. 2. Physical diagram of the measurement optical system

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Table 1. Measurement result of a quarter wave plate

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Table 1. Measurement result of a quarter wave plate

No.	ΔΦ_max /（°）	ψ_max /（°）	ΔΦ_min /（°）	ψ_min /（°）	Phase retardation			Fast axis azimuth
No.	ΔΦ_max /（°）	ψ_max /（°）	ΔΦ_min /（°）	ψ_min /（°）	τ /（°）	Average/（°）	Standard deviation /（'）	θ /（°）	Average /（°）	Standard deviation /（''）
1	371.563	68.426	6.431	23.426	91.283	91.28	1.6	136.852	136.852	5.4
2	288.739	68.426	-76.406	23.425	91.286			136.852
3	243.355	68.427	-121.626	23.426	91.245			136.854
4	413.725	68.425	48.445	23.426	91.320			136.850
5	533.768	68.425	168.605	23.425	91.291			136.850
6	446.217	68.426	81.206	23.425	91.253			136.852

Table 2. Phase retardation measurement results and comparison of half wave plates and quarter wave plates

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Table 2. Phase retardation measurement results and comparison of half wave plates and quarter wave plates

No.	By presented method								Phase retardation by the apparatus /（°）	Deviation / （'）
	Phase retardation at different experiments /（°）						Average / （°）	Standard deviation /（′）
	1	2	3	4	5	6	Average / （°）	Standard deviation /（′）
1	91.283	91.286	91.245	91.320	91.291	91.253	91.28	1.6	91.24	2.4
2	90.342	90.357	90.361	90.288	90.352	90.291	90.33	2.0	90.42	-5.3
3	177.206	177.178	177.239	177.255	177.191	177.229	177.22	1.8	177.28	-3.8
4	182.507	182.459	182.448	182.525	182.492	182.515	182.49	1.9	182.45	2.5

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Qianghua Chen, Duo Shao, Fuming Liu, Yu Guan, Lü Hongbo, Lina Si, Hongjuan Yan, Zhaoliang Dou. Double-Resolution Wave Plate Measurement Based on Equivalent Components and Phase Compensation[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2024, 51(8): 0804004

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Paper Information

Category: Measurement and metrology

Received: Aug. 31, 2023

Accepted: Nov. 22, 2023

Published Online: Apr. 17, 2024

The Author Email: Chen Qianghua (chenqianghua@tsinghua.org.cn)

DOI:10.3788/CJL231157

CSTR:32183.14.CJL231157

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