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+// Scilab Code Ex4.11:: Page-4.23 (2009)
+clc; clear;
+mu_o = 1.5442; // Refractive index of ordinary wave
+mu_e = 1.5533; // Refractive index of extraordinary wave
+lambda = 5000e-008; // Wavelength of light used, m
+// As (mu_o - mu_e)*t = lambda/4, solving for t
+t = lambda/(4*(mu_e - mu_o)); // Least thickness of plate for which emergent beam is plane polarised, cm
+
+printf("\nThe least thickness of plate for which emergent beam is plane polarised = %4.2e cm", t);
+
+// Result
+// The least thickness of plate for which emergent beam is plane polarised = 1.37e-003 cm
+
+