OPTICAL HETERODYNE POLARIMETER FOR MEASURING THE CHIRAL PARAMETER ANDTHE CIRCULAR REFRACTION INDEXES OF OPTICAL-ACTIVITY

Authors
KING HJ CHOU C LU ST
Citation
Hj. King et al., OPTICAL HETERODYNE POLARIMETER FOR MEASURING THE CHIRAL PARAMETER ANDTHE CIRCULAR REFRACTION INDEXES OF OPTICAL-ACTIVITY, Optics letters, 18(22), 1993, pp. 1970-1972
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
18
Issue
22
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1970 - 1972
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1993)18:22<1970:OHPFMT>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A double-loop optical heterodyne polarized interferometer is set up to measure the optical rotation power and the circular refraction indice s of optical activity. The system accuracy in the measurement of both the rotation angle and the chiral parameter is 10(-4) within the +/-2- degrees phase detection sensitivity of the system. The circular refrac tion indices of quartz activity were successfully demonstrated.