Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

High-visibility interferometric measurement of the diffraction phase

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

We obtain the absolute phase in Fresnel diffraction for Gaussian beams by using a modified polarization Sagnac interferometer in which counterpropagating paths are spatially separated and labeled according to polarization. By erasing the polarization “which-path” information with an analyzing polarizer situated after the modified interferometer, we are able to regain interference and to precisely control the relative intensities of the diffracted and the reference beams. The resulting optimized visibility allows for a precise phase determination. This setup is very stable, requiring no active elements.

© 2007 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Diffraction of a one-dimensional phase grating in the deep Fresnel field

Shuyun Teng, Ningyu Zhang, Qingrui Dong, and Chuanfu Cheng
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 24(11) 3636-3643 (2007)

Diffraction of a finite-radius plane wave and a Gaussian beam by a helical axicon and a spiral phase plate

Victor V. Kotlyar, Alexey A. Kovalev, Roman V. Skidanov, Oleg Yu. Moiseev, and Victor A. Soifer
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 24(7) 1955-1964 (2007)

Transverse coherence measurement using a folded Michelson interferometer

Jesse Dean, Martin Bercx, Marc Nantel, and Robin Marjoribanks
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 24(6) 1742-1746 (2007)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (8)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (16)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved