Jacobs SD, Asahara Y, Izumitani T. Optical glass wave plates.
APPLIED OPTICS 1982;
21:4526-4532. [PMID:
20401112 DOI:
10.1364/ao.21.004526]
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Abstract
Permanent birefringence in excess of 300 nm/cm can be thermomechanically induced in the borosilicate optical glass ARG-2, making it an attractive alternative to natural crystalline quartz and mica for large-aperture wave-plate requirements in laser systems investigating inertial confinement fusion. The technique for fabricating glass wave plates is presented, including a detailed optical characterization of the uniformity of birefringence induced in glass plates. A comparison with other natural and synthetic candidate materials is made, and production scale-up problems are discussed.
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