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Record 1 2014-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Instruments
  • Lasers and Masers
  • Radio Waves
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
CONT

Two common types of waveplates are the half-wave plate, which shifts the polarization direction of linearly polarized light, and the quarter-wave plate, which converts linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light and vice versa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'optique
  • Masers et lasers
  • Ondes radioélectriques
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
CONT

Une lame demi-onde [...] crée un déphasage valant 180°, c'est-à-dire un retard d'une moitié de longueur d'onde. L'onde sortante d'une telle lame présente une polarisation symétrique de l'onde entrante par rapport à l'axe optique.

Spanish

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