"quarter-wave plate" meaning in All languages combined

See quarter-wave plate on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: quarter-wave plates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} quarter-wave plate (plural quarter-wave plates)
  1. (physics) A sheet of birefringent material whose thickness is such that the light associated with the larger refractive index is retarded in phase by 90° with respect of that associated with the smaller refractive index; used to convert linearly polarized light into circularly polarized light. Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-quarter-wave_plate-en-noun-f2pcqx4F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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