A compact circular heterodyne interferometer for simultaneous measurements of variation in the magnitude of phase retardation and principal axis angle

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 978-982

  Lee, S Y ^a   Lin, J F ^a   Lo, Y L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Circular heterodyne interferometer; Electro optic modulator; Retardation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; ERROR ANALYSIS; HETERODYNING; INTERFEROMETERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC-OPTIC MODULATOR; PHASE RETARDATION; PRINCIPAL AXIS ANGLE; SAWTOOTH VOLTAGE WAVEFORM;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

INTERFEROMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 2542476958     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/15/5/029     Document Type: Article

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