Abstract
It is shown that the known rhomb-type total internal reflection phase retarders could be constructed from prisms. With all the advantages of the traditional designs preserved, these prism-type devices are of smaller volumes, convenient shapes, and light traverses shorter path lengths inside the devices. Moreover, the serious reduction in the volumes of the presented devices reduces the undesired stress birefringence which affects the retardance value. Two cases will be considered, which are the 4-reflection normal-incidence AD-1 and the super achromatic 2-reflection oblique-incidence quarter-wave phase retarders.
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