Consider a Soleil-Babinet compensator, as shown in Figure 15-11. Suppose the compensator is constructed of quartz and provides a maximum phase retardation of two full wavelengths of green mercury light (546.1 nm). Refractive indices of quartz at this wavelength are n∥ = 1.555 and n⊥ = 1.546.
a. How does the total wedge thickness compare with that of the flat plate in the position of maximum retardation?
b. How do they compare when the emergent light is circularly polarized?
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