Origin of modulated interference effects in photoelastic modulators

Optical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3331-3334

  Polnau, Ernst ^a   Lochbihler, Hans ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Photoelastic modulators; Polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005323385     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601073     Document Type: Article

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