Abstract

Nulling interferometry aims to perform destructive interference achromatically. It is used to detect a faint source near a bright one and to provide dark field, an annular pupil, and rotational shear. A nulling out-of-plane interferometer that utilizes the geometric phase of spin redirection is proposed. The degree of nulling is determined by beam collimation and angular orientation of mirrors. Simulations and experiments are in reasonable agreement.

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Interferometric microimaging based on geometrical spin-redirection phase

Alexander V. Tavrov, Yoko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Kawabata, Mitsuo Takeda, and Vladimir A. Andreev
Opt. Lett. 25(7) 460-462 (2000)

Nulling interferometry by use of geometric phase

Naoshi Baba, Naoshi Murakami, and Tsuyoshi Ishigaki
Opt. Lett. 26(15) 1167-1169 (2001)

Method to evaluate the geometrical spin-redirection phase for a nonplanar ray

Alexander V. Tavrov, Tsutomu Kawabata, Yoko Miyamoto, Mitsuo Takeda, and Vladimir V. Andreev
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 16(4) 919-921 (1999)

Generalized algorithm for the unified analysis and simultaneous evaluation of geometrical spin-redirection phase and Pancharatnam phase in a complex interferometric system

Alexander V. Tavrov, Yoko Miyamoto, Tsutomu Kawabata, Mitsuo Takeda, and Vladimir A. Andreev
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 17(1) 154-161 (2000)

Nulling interferometry without achromatic phase shifters

Arjan L. Mieremet and Joseph J. M. Braat
Appl. Opt. 41(22) 4697-4703 (2002)