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Francisco E Veiras¹, Liliana I Perez, María T Garea

¹Grupo de Láser, Optica de Materiales y Aplicaciones Electromagnéticas (GLOmAe), Departamento de Física,Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Avenida Paseo Colón 850,Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1063ACV, Argentina. fveiras@fi.uba.ar

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Area of Science:

Optics and Photonics
Materials Science

Background:

Phase shift and optical path difference in birefringent media are critical for many optical applications.
Existing methods may have limitations with arbitrary orientations or oblique incidence.

Purpose of the Study:

To derive an explicit formula for phase shift in anisotropic uniaxial plates.
To account for arbitrary optical axis orientation and arbitrary incident wave direction.

Main Methods:

Utilized Maxwell's equations and boundary conditions.
No approximations were made in the derivation.

Main Results:

Obtained an explicit formula for phase shift in a uniaxial plane-parallel plate.
The formula is valid for arbitrary optical axis orientation and incident wave direction.
Applicable to both single plane waves and space-limited beams.

Conclusions:

The derived formula provides an accurate method for calculating phase shifts in birefringent waveplates.
Enables precise analysis of waveplates under oblique incidence and optical axis misalignments.
Has broad applicability in optical device design and analysis.