Simultaneous absolute measurements of principal angle and phase retardation with a new common-path heterodyne interferometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2013-2022

  Lo, Yu Lung ^a   Lai, Chun Hau ^a   Lin, Jing Fung ^b   Hsu, Ping Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b and Commerce   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIREFRINGENCE; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

COMMON PATH HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETER; ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; PHASE RETARDATION;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 1942519267     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.002013     Document Type: Article

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