INTERFERENCE BLOTS AND FRINGE DISLOCATIONS IN OPTICS OF TWISTED BIREFRINGENT MEDIA

Authors
Citation
H. Aben et L. Ainola, INTERFERENCE BLOTS AND FRINGE DISLOCATIONS IN OPTICS OF TWISTED BIREFRINGENT MEDIA, Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science,and vision., 15(9), 1998, pp. 2404-2411
Citations number
18
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
ISSN journal
1084-7529
Volume
15
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Pages
2404 - 2411
Database
ISI
SICI code
1084-7529(1998)15:9<2404:IBAFDI>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The appearance of interference blots and of the dislocation of interfe rence fringes is studied by means of modeling an arbitrary inhomogeneo us birefringent medium with rotating principal optical axes by a syste m of two birefringent plates. A theoretical explanation of these irreg ularities is given. Conditions for the appearance of interference blot s and fringe dislocations are derived. A method of classification of s ingular points in the fringe patterns is presented. (C) 1998 Optical S ociety of America.