SCANNING INTERFEROMETER STABILIZED BY USE OF PANCHARATNAMS PHASE

Authors
WEHNER MU ULM MH WEGENER M
Citation
Mu. Wehner et al., SCANNING INTERFEROMETER STABILIZED BY USE OF PANCHARATNAMS PHASE, Optics letters, 22(19), 1997, pp. 1455-1457
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
22
Issue
19
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1455 - 1457
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1997)22:19<1455:SISBUO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Time-resolved interferometric optical experiments demand both active s tabilization of the relative phase between phase-locked pulses and con tinuous scanning of their time delay over a wide range. We describe a novel method that meets the above requirements in a convenient and sim ple way by use of the accumulated phase according to Pancharatnam [Pro c. Indian Acad. Sci. Sect. A 44, 247 (1956)]. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.