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+// Scilab Code Ex4.14:: Page-4.24 (2009)
+clc; clear;
+mu_o = 1.55; // Refractive index of ordinary wave
+mu_e = 1.52; // Refractive index of extraordinary wave
+lambda = 5500e-008; // Wavelength of light used, m
+// As for a half wave plate, (mu_o - mu_e)*t = lambda/4, solving for t
+t = lambda/(4*(mu_o - mu_e)); // The thickness of a quarter wave plate for wavelength, cm
+
+printf("\nThe thickness of a quarter wave plate for wavelength = %4.2e cm", t);
+
+// Result
+// The thickness of a quarter wave plate for wavelength = 4.58e-004 cm
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