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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1994
Kyouji Imagawa, Takarazuka, JP;
Kiyokazu Sakai, Nishinomiya, JP;
New Oji Paper Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A part for projecting a measuring light beam onto a sample and a light receiving part are arranged on the same side of a sample surface so that the measuring light beam is concentric with the light receiving part, the measuring light beam which is converted to a linearly polarized light beam through a polarizing element is projected to the sample so that the measuring light beam outgoing from the sample to the projecting side is received and detected through the same polarizing element. A plurality of sets of polarizing elements and light receiving parts are set so that the polarizing elements have different polarization directions, to calculate retardation from transmitted light intensity levels as obtained.