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    A Fresnel rhomb is an optical prism that introduces a 90° phase difference between two perpendicular components of polarization, by means of two total...
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    lantern Fresnel lens Fresnel number Fresnel rhomb Fresnel zone Fresnel zone antenna Fresnel's wave surface Fresnel zone plate Huygens–Fresnel principle...
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    we now call the Fresnel rhomb — a device that he had been using in experiments, in one form or another, since 1817 (see Fresnel rhomb  § History). The...
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    up with a Frenzal Rhomb. I think his name was Frenel. It's like spelled Fresnel. Yeah, and he had this thing called the Fresnel rhomb and yeah, we sort...
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    Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in 1823, added to the evidence in favor of the wave theory of light. The phase shifts are used by Fresnel's invention, the Fresnel rhomb, to...
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    of incidence, this phase is close to π / 4 {\displaystyle \pi /4} . Fresnel rhomb uses this effect to achieve conversion between circular and linear polarisation...
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    broadband—they work over a broad range of wavelengths. Double Fresnel rhomb A double Fresnel rhomb rotates the linear polarization axis by 90° using four internal...
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    circular polarization. They commonly operate in the ultrasonic range Fresnel rhomb – another way of producing circularly polarized light; it does not use...
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    polarization-dependent phase-lag of the transmitted light, in a manner similar to a Fresnel rhomb. This must be suppressed by multilayer phase-correction coatings applied...
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    of chemical composition within a single mineral type. Crystal optics Fresnel rhomb Photoelastic modulator Polarization rotator Q-plate Spatial light modulator...
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