A novel electronically scanned white-light interferometer using a Mach-Zehnder approach

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 397-401

  Marshall, Raymond H ^a,b,c   Ning, Ya Nong ^a,d,e,j   Jiang, Xiangqian ^a,f   Palmer, Andrew W ^a,g,h,i   Meggitt, Beverley T ^a   Grattan, Kenneth T V ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b City University ^*

^c Institution of Electrical Engineers

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^f HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^h City University

ⁱ Institution of Electrical Engineers

^j IEEE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SOURCES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; PHOTODIODES; STABILITY;

ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED WHITE LIGHT INTERFEROMETER; INTERFERENCE FRINGE; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0030104934     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.485599     Document Type: Article

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