Abstract

The color of polychromatic light transmitted through the Sénarmont compensator has been calculated as a function of the analyzer angle and the retardation of the sample. For the case of the zirconium arc source and a compensator quarter-wave plate for 546 mμ, a theoretical curve was obtained which gives the retardation of the sample in terms of the analyzer angle at which a blue-to-purplish-blue color change takes place. This curve is found to be in agreement with some experimental results.

© 1965 Optical Society of America

Theory of Measurement of Flow Birefringence by use of the Sénarmont Compensator. III. Concerning the Interpretation of Results when the Reference Wavelength is Uncertain*

C. A. Hollingsworth and W. T. Granquist
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 55(12) 1617-1618 (1965)

Theory of Measurement of Flow Birefringence by Use of the Sénarmont Compensator. II. Effect of Quarter-Wave Plate Error and Polychromatism*

C. A. Hollingsworth, W. E. Kaiser, and W. T. Granquist
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 54(5) 633-637 (1964)

Theory of Measurement of Flow Birefringence by Use of the Sénarmont Compensator

C. A. Hollingsworth and W. T. Granquist
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 52(5) 562-564 (1962)

Errors of Measurement of Flow Birefringence by the Sénarmont Method*

C. A. Hollingsworth
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 58(12) 1581-1585 (1968)

Use of the Sénarmont Compensator for Measuring Double Refraction of Flow*

Alexander Rich
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 45(5) 393-395 (1955)