BIREFRINGENCE-INDUCED LOSSES IN INTERFEROMETERS

Authors
WINKLER W RUDIGER A SCHILLING R STRAIN KA DANZMANN K
Citation
W. Winkler et al., BIREFRINGENCE-INDUCED LOSSES IN INTERFEROMETERS, Optics communications, 112(5-6), 1994, pp. 245-252
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
112
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
245 - 252
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1994)112:5-6<245:BLII>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
In interferometers one conceivable loss mechanism is depolarization of the light by inherent or thermally induced birefringence in optical s ubstrates or coatings. The magnitude of this effect is determined quan titatively and compared with the losses due to thermal lensing.