Differential phase decoder in a polarized optical heterodyne interferometer

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2630-2635

  Chou, Chien ^a,b   Teng, Hui Kang ^c   Tsai, Chien Chung ^d   Wu, Jheng Syong ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NAN KAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DECODING; HELIUM; HETERODYNING; INTERFEROMETERS; NEON;

COMMON PATHS; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; ELECTRO-OPTIC PHASE MODULATORS; HE-NE LASERS; INTERFEROMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; OPTICAL HETERODYNE INTERFEROMETERS; THERMAL DISTURBANCES;

INTERFEROMETRY;

ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICS; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 59049093834     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.002630     Document Type: Article

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