Optimal achromatic wave retarders using two birefringent wave plates: Comment

Xusheng Zhang*

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Abstract

In a recent publication, J. L. Vilas et al. [Appl. Opt. 52, 1892 (2013)] described a combined system comprising two wave plates and proposed an expression for the overall retardation. However, to the best of my knowledge, the proposed theoretical expression for the total retardation is incorrect. The authors improperly derived that expression by simply diagonalizating the Jones matrix of the cascaded system. The mistakes are pointed out and discussed in these comments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7078-7080
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Optics
Volume52
Issue number29
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Oct 2013

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