Harmonically-related diffraction gratings-based interferometer for quadrature phase measurements

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 8127-8128

  Yaqoob, Zahid ^a   Wu, Jigang ^a   Cui, Xiquan ^a   Heng, Xin ^a   Yang, Changhuei ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

HARMONICALLY-RELATED DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; QUADRATURE PHASE INTERFEROMETRY; QUADRATURE PHASE MEASUREMENTS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 33748327030     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.008127     Document Type: Article

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