Chinese Optics Letters, 2008, 6 (11): 861, Published Online: Nov. 17, 2008
Effect of temperature on three-in-one composite compensator
偏振光学 偏光器件 温度 补偿器 240.5420 Polaritons 230.5440 Polarization-selective devices 120.6780 Temperature compensator
Abstract
In order to reduce the error caused by the change of temperature, the relation between three-in-one composite compensator's phase retardation and temperature is calculated according to the characteristic of multiple-order quartz wave-plate. The results show that the influence on phase retardation increases with the increase of temperature and order of wave-plate. The phase retardation and the angle that the second wave-plate rotates are in a linear relationship in certain ranges. However, there is also some regularity in nonlinear areas which can be determined by theoretical calculation. The calculated result is well in agreement with experiments.
Qingdian Kong, Lianke Song, Handong Peng, Hailong Wang, Lihua Kong, Congmin Wang, Lan Wang. Effect of temperature on three-in-one composite compensator[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2008, 6(11): 861.