Performance investigation of an integrated Young interferometer sensor using a novel prism-chamber assembly

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 7421-7426

  Qi, Zhi Mei ^a   Zhao, Shukai ^a   Chen, Fang ^a   Liu, Ruipeng ^a   Xia, Shanhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; WAVEGUIDES;

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SENSORS; COMPOSITE WAVEGUIDES; HIGH CONTRAST PATTERNS; POLARIZATION STATE; REAL-TIME DETECTION; SPATIAL PERIODICITY; TEMPORAL INTERFERENCE; YOUNG INTERFEROMETERS;

PRISMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; OPTICS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950229152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.007421     Document Type: Article

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