Visual estimation of the effective thickness of lithium niobate phase plates using a crossed Wood–Šolc filter

Bondareva, T.V., Goncharova, P.S., Krishtop, V.М., Kruglov, M.S., Maksimenko, V.A., Palatnikov, M.N., Perminov, A.V., Popova, A.V., Savich, D.E., Sidorov, N.V., Syuy, A.V.

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Криштоп В.В., Савич Д.Е., Попова А.В., Гончарова П.С., Максименко В.А., Сидоров Н.В., Палатников М.Н., Круглов М.С., Бондарева Т.В., Сюй А.В., Перминов А.В. Визуальная оценка эффективной толщины фазовых пластинок ниобата лития с помощью скрещенного фильтра Вуда–Шольца // Оптический журнал. 2021. Т. 88. № 5. С. 15–22. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2021-88-05-15-22

Krishtop V.V., Savich D.E., Popova A.V., Goncharova P.S., Maksimenko V.A., Sidorov N.V., Palatnikov M.N., Kruglov M.S., Bondareva T.V., Syuy A.V., Perminov A.V. Visual estimation of the effective thickness of lithium niobate phase plates using a crossed Wood–Šolc filter [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2021. V. 88. № 5. P. 15–22. http://doi.org/10.17586/1023-5086-2021-88-05-15-22

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

V. V. Krishtop, D. E. Savich, A. V. Popova, P. S. Goncharova, V. A. Maksimenko, N. V. Sidorov, M. N. Palatnikov, M. S. Kruglov, T. V. Bondareva, A. V. Syuy, and A. V. Perminov, "Visual estimation of the effective thickness of lithium niobate phase plates using a crossed Wood–Šolc filter," Journal of Optical Technology. 88(5), 236-241 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.88.000236

Abstract:

This paper presents a solution of the straight-through transformative problem for an anisotropic optical channel, using as an example a crossed interference–polarization Wood–Šolc filter in the visible region. Based on experiments, the effective thickness is computed for a system composed of two quasi-plane-parallel lithium niobate phase plates that constitute the filter. A new accelerated method has been developed for analyzing interference patterns at the filter output that makes it possible to estimate the thickness difference between a reference plate and a test plate, beginning with 4 µm at a temperature of 20°C without using additional measurement devices.

Keywords:

crossed Wood–Šolc filter, lithium niobate, Stokes-Mueller vector-matrix apparatus

Acknowledgements:

This work was carried out as part of the “Program of state support of leading companies that develop and provide external products, services, and platform solutions based on technologies and solutions for digital transformation of high–priority branches of the economy and social sphere” (Contract No. 2/549/2020 from 7/23/2020) and with the financial support of the Ministry of Education of Russia as part of the implementation of the program of activity of the “Radiation Infrastructure” scientific world-class education center.

OCIS codes: 350.4600, 330.7326, 120.2130, 120.4140, 230.4110

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