A sensitivity-enhanced optical heterodyne polarimeter for the measurement of optical rotation angle of chiral media

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5459, Issue , 2004, Pages 303-308

  Tsai, Y C ^a   Wu, C M ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chiral media; Heterodyne; Optical rotation; Polarimeter

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HETERODYNING; INTERFEROMETERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHOTODETECTORS; POLARIMETERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CHIRAL MEDIA; HETERODYNE; PHASE SIGNAL; POLARIZER;

OPTICAL ROTATION;

EID: 10044249953     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.545255     Document Type: Conference Paper

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