Polarization Sagnac interferometer with postmodulation for gravitational-wave detection

Optics Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 1112-1114

  Beyersdorf, Peter T ^a   Fejer, M M ^a   Byer, R L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; GRAVITY WAVES; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

POLARIZATION SAGNAC INTERFEROMETERS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0032606183     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.24.001112     Document Type: Article

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