Skewrays optical demonstrations

A different phase
of light.

Explore how phase retarders change polarization. Adjust the optics, rotate the view, and watch the electric field evolve.

Waveplate

Follow a polarized wave through a retarder. Change the input angle, waveplate rotation, and retardance.

02 / Planned

See the field components acquire a relative phase as they pass through a quarter-wave plate.

Next extraction: wpoptic

03 / Planned

Combine a half-wave plate with a reflective phase retarder to explore the resulting polarization.

Next extraction: wprpr

Adapted from the Lenskit optical demonstrations. Waveplate is the first demo available in this collection.