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+// Scilab code Ex6.10: Pg:261 (2008)
+clc;clear;
+mu_O = 1.55336; // Refractive index for an ordinary beam
+mu_E = 1.54425; // Refractive index for an extra-ordinary beam
+lambda = 5.893e-05; // Wavelength of sodium light, cm
+t = lambda/(4*(mu_O-mu_E)); // Thickness of quarter wave plate, cm
+printf("\nThe thickness of the quarter wave plate for quartz = %4.2e cm", t);
+
+// Result
+// The thickness of the quarter wave plate for quartz = 1.62e-003 cm \ No newline at end of file