Simon, R. ; Mukunda, N. (1989) Universal SU(2) gadget for polarization optics Physics Letters A, 138 (9). pp. 474-480. ISSN 0375-9601
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Abstract
We present a design of a universal gadget, consisting of two half-wave plates and two quarter-wave plates coaxially mounted, which can realize every SU (2) polarization optical transformation; to realize a given SU (2) element one simply has to rotate these plates about the common axis to angular positions characteristic of the element. The design is also geometrically interpreted in terms of Hamilton's theory of turns for the group SU (2).
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