MEASUREMENT OF THE PHASE ANISOTROPY OF VERY HIGH REFLECTIVITY INTERFERENTIAL MIRRORS

Authors
BRANDI F DELLAVALLE F DERIVA AM MICOSSI P PERRONE F RIZZO C RUOSO G ZAVATTINI G
Citation
F. Brandi et al., MEASUREMENT OF THE PHASE ANISOTROPY OF VERY HIGH REFLECTIVITY INTERFERENTIAL MIRRORS, Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 65(3), 1997, pp. 351-355
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied",Optics
Journal title
Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09462171
Volume
65
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
351 - 355
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(1997)65:3<351:MOTPAO>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We have measured the phase anisotropy of four very high reflectivity ( R > 0.999969) interferential mirrors for polarized light at strictly n ormal incidence by studying the birefringence properties of a Fabry-Pe rot cavity to which a Nd:YAG laser has been frequency locked. We found phase anisotropies per reflection ranging from less than 2 x 10(-7) r ad to 2 x 10(-6) rad.