Electro-optic sensors for electric field measurements. I. Theoretical comparison among different modulation techniques

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2692-2702

  Duvillaret, Lionel ^a   Rialland, Stéphane ^a   Coutaz, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL SENSORS;

ELECTRO-OPTIC SENSORS;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0141748458     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.19.002692     Document Type: Article

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