Measurement of retardations of arbitrary wave plates by laser frequency splitting

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Zong, Xiao Bin ^a   Liu, Wei Xin ^a   Zhang, Shu Lian ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Frequency splitting; Mode competition; Retardation; Wave plate

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CAVITY RESONATORS; LASER MODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

LASER FREQUENCY SPLITTING; MODE SPACING MEASUREMENT; MULTIMODE OSCILLATION; WAVE PLATE;

OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS;

EID: 33748606103     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2179796     Document Type: Article

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