Calibration method for a photoelastic modulator with a peak retardation of less than a half-wavelength
Applied Optics, Vol. 46, Issue 5, pp. 699-703 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.46.000699
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Abstract
A new calibration method for a photoelastic modulator is proposed. The calibration includes a coarse calibration and a fine calibration. In the coarse calibration, the peak retardation of the photoelastic modulator is set near
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OCIS Codes
(230.4110) Optical devices : Modulators
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
ToC Category:
Physical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: February 14, 2006
Revised Manuscript: October 12, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: October 18, 2006
Published: January 25, 2007
Citation
Aijun Zeng, Lihua Huang, Zuoren Dong, Jianming Hu, Huijie Huang, and Xiangzhao Wang, "Calibration method for a photoelastic modulator with a peak retardation of less than a half-wavelength," Appl. Opt. 46, 699-703 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-46-5-699
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