A prescription for transforming polarization states of light using two quarter waveplates
B. Radhakrishna
TL;DR
This paper presents a geometric method for precisely setting two quarter waveplates to transform any polarized light state into another, enabling versatile polarization control.
Contribution
It introduces a direct, constructive prescription for configuring two quarter waveplates to achieve arbitrary polarization state transformations.
Findings
Provides a geometric approach for waveplate configuration
Enables transformation between any two polarization states
Simplifies polarization control with minimal optical elements
Abstract
It is well known that state transformation from one polarization state to another can be achieved with a minimal gadget consisting of two quarter waveplates. A constructive, geometric approach is presented, which provides a direct prescription for the fast axis setting of the waveplates to transform any completely polarized states of light to any other, including orthogonal ones.
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TopicsQuantum Information and Cryptography · Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing · Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture