waveplate

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Meaning

1. noun A thin layer of a birefringent material that is used to introduce a controlled phase shift between the two polarization components of a light wave, thereby altering its polarization

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quarter-wave plate wave packet planewave wavepacket plane wave matterwave phase modulator biwavelet plane polarized light carrier wave

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