Stokes polarimetry was used to evaluate the birefringence of nanoporous alumina films. The transmittance of the film and the degree of polarization of the transmitted radiation were measured for angles of incidence at which the phase difference of the orthogonal polarized components of the transmitted radiation was λ/4 or λ/2. The porosity and film pore radii were estimated using the Maxwell–Garnet model. The possibility of creating achromatic phase plates based on nanoporous alumina film with a variable phase difference of the orthogonal polarized components of the transmitted radiation that can function as quarter-wave and half-wave plates is shown.
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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 90, No. 2, pp. 324–328, March–April, 2023. https://doi.org/10.47612/0514-7506-2023-90-2-324-328.
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Dlugunovich, V.A., Zhumar, A.Y. & Mukhurov, N.I. Optical Anisotropy of Nanoporous Alumina Films as the Basis for Creation of Achromatic Phase Plates with a Variable Phase Difference of the Orthogonal Polarized Components of Transmitted Radiation. J Appl Spectrosc 90, 414–418 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-023-01548-0
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