Optical measurements using the spectral interferograms obtained at the output of the uncompensated Michelson interferometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3098, Issue , 1997, Pages 299-307

  Hlubina, Petr ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY IN OPAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

beamsplitter; cross correlation procedure; dispersion; Fourier transform method; group optical path difference; period of modulation of the source spectrum; spectral interference; uncompensated Michelson interferometer

Indexed keywords

BEAMSPLITTERS; CROSS-CORRELATION PROCEDURE; FOURIER TRANSFORM METHOD; MICHELSON; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE; PERIOD OF MODULATION OF THE SOURCE SPECTRUM; SPECTRAL INTERFERENCE;

INTERFEROMETRY; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; MODULATION; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TESTING;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

EID: 77956811424     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.281173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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