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Polarisation control through an optical feedback technique and its application in precise measurements
We present an anisotropic optical feedback technique for controlling light polarisation. The technique is based on the principle that the effective gain of a light mode is modulated by the magnitude of the anisotropic feedback. A new physical model that integrates Lamb's semi-classical theory a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3683672/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23771164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep01992 |
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author | Chen, Wenxue Zhang, Shulian Long, Xingwu |
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description | We present an anisotropic optical feedback technique for controlling light polarisation. The technique is based on the principle that the effective gain of a light mode is modulated by the magnitude of the anisotropic feedback. A new physical model that integrates Lamb's semi-classical theory and a model of the equivalent cavity of a Fabry-Perot interferometer is developed to reveal the physical nature of this technique. We use this technique to measure the phase retardation, optical axis, angle, thickness and refractive index with a high precision of λ/1380, 0.01°, 0.002°, 59 nm and 0.0006, respectively. |
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spelling | pubmed-36836722013-06-24 Polarisation control through an optical feedback technique and its application in precise measurements Chen, Wenxue Zhang, Shulian Long, Xingwu Sci Rep Article We present an anisotropic optical feedback technique for controlling light polarisation. The technique is based on the principle that the effective gain of a light mode is modulated by the magnitude of the anisotropic feedback. A new physical model that integrates Lamb's semi-classical theory and a model of the equivalent cavity of a Fabry-Perot interferometer is developed to reveal the physical nature of this technique. We use this technique to measure the phase retardation, optical axis, angle, thickness and refractive index with a high precision of λ/1380, 0.01°, 0.002°, 59 nm and 0.0006, respectively. Nature Publishing Group 2013-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3683672/ /pubmed/23771164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep01992 Text en Copyright © 2013, Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Chen, Wenxue Zhang, Shulian Long, Xingwu Polarisation control through an optical feedback technique and its application in precise measurements |
title | Polarisation control through an optical feedback technique and its application in precise measurements |
title_full | Polarisation control through an optical feedback technique and its application in precise measurements |
title_fullStr | Polarisation control through an optical feedback technique and its application in precise measurements |
title_full_unstemmed | Polarisation control through an optical feedback technique and its application in precise measurements |
title_short | Polarisation control through an optical feedback technique and its application in precise measurements |
title_sort | polarisation control through an optical feedback technique and its application in precise measurements |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3683672/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23771164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep01992 |
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