光弾性法における位相子モデル

II. 位相子による近似

抄録

This paper discusses how to describe the state of polarization of light propagating through a photoelastic model by the retarders model approximation. The approximation is applied to a description of the polarization state along a light path in the case of a uniforrn rotation of the secondary principal axes. The dependence of the polarization state on the number of divisions of the path into small sections is illustrated.