Optical activity measurement by use of a balanced detector optical heterodyne interferometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3733-3739

  Chou, Chien ^a   Tsai, Hsiu Ming ^a   Liao, Kuan Yung ^a   Chou, Li Dek ^b,c   Huang, Po Hsiong ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOLYMERIZATION; DETECTORS; HETERODYNING; LASERS; POLARIMETERS; QUARTZ; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY LASER; QUARTZ CRYSTAL; ZEEMAN LASER;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 33746078853     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.003733     Document Type: Article

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