plate wave

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English - Turkish
(Nükleer Bilimler) plaka dalgası (bkz.Lamb dalgası)
half-wave plate
Yarım dalga plakası
English - English

Definition of plate wave in English English dictionary

quarter-wave plate
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