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Measuring optical power transmission near the critical angle for sensing beam deflection

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Abstract

We investigate an internal-transmission method for measuring microdeflections of an optical beam as a potential tool for the development of new compact and stable optical sensors. We calculate the detection limits of the internal-transmission method when an ideal coherent optical source and an ideal quasi-monochromatic thermallike source are used. The proposed method is compared with an internal-reflection method previously studied. It is found theoretically and verified experimentally that the transmission method may have better resolution than the reflection method. We also compare the calculated sensitivity as a function of the angle of incidence with experimental results for both methods.

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