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The Generation of Higher-order Laguerre-Gauss Optical Beams for High-precision Interferometry
Published on: August 12, 2013
Jamin Fabry-Perot interferometer
Dominique Chauvat1, Christophe Bonnet, Alain Durand
1Laboratoire d'Electronique Quantique-Physique des Lasers, Unité Mixte de Recherche, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, F-35042 Rennes Cedex, France. lpl@univ-rennes1.fr
Abstract:
A novel type of interferometer was designed and tested experimentally. It combines the advantages of the spatial path separation used in the two-wave polarized Jamin interferometer and the high sensitivity that characterizes the multiwave Fabry-Perot interferometer. Furthermore, when it is sandwiched between crossed polarizers it shows a sensitivity to intracavity anisotropies that is proportional to the square of the Fabry-Perot interferometer's finesse.
