Precise optical activity measurement of quartz plate by using a true phase-sensitive technique

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 3604-3609

  Chou, Chien ^a   Huang, Yeu Chuen ^b   Chang, Ming ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Chuan Yuan Christian University   (China)

Author keywords

Heterodyne; Optical activity; Polarization

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HETERODYNING; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; QUARTZ; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

OPTICAL ACTIVITY; PHASE LOCK IN TECHNIQUE; TRUE PHASE SENSITIVE OPTICAL HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETER;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 0031165538     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.003604     Document Type: Article

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