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Waveplate

A waveplate is an optical device used to alter the polarisation of light.

  • A half-wave plate shifts the direction of polarisation of linearly polarised light
  • A quarter-wave plate converts linearly polarised light into circularly polarised light or elliptically polarised light.
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