Effects of polarization mixing on the dual-wavelength heterodyne interferometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 3668-3672

  Li, Bin ^a   Liang, Jin Wen ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dual wavelength heterodyne interferometry; Nonl inearity; Phase fluctuation; Polarization mixing

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; ERRORS; INTERFEROMETRY; MIXER CIRCUITS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; POLARIZATION;

DUAL WAVELENGTH HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETRY; NONLINEARITY; PHASE FLUCTUATION; POLARIZATION MIXING;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0031169596     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.003668     Document Type: Article

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