Question 9.20: QUARTZ HALF-WAVE PLATE What should be the thickness of a hal...

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QUARTZ HALF-WAVE PLATE What should be the thickness of a half-wave quartz plate for a wavelength λ ≈ 707 nm given the extraordinary and ordinary refractive indices are $n_{o}$ = 1.541 and $n_{e}$ = 1.549?

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