Circularly polarized optical heterodyne interferometer for optical activity measurement of a quartz crystal

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 5096-5100

  Chou, Chien ^a   Kuo, Wen Chuan ^a   Han, Chien Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; HETERODYNING; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; QUARTZ; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

PHASE RETARDATION;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 0041779990     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.005096     Document Type: Article

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