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The Generation of Higher-order Laguerre-Gauss Optical Beams for High-precision Interferometry
Published on: August 12, 2013
Measurement of gouy phase evolution by use of spatial mode interference
Jong H Chow1, Glenn de Vine, Malcolm B Gray
1Centre for Gravitational Physics, Faculty of Science, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. jong.chow@anu.edu.au
Abstract:
An experimental technique to observe and accurately measure the Gouy phase evolution of Hermite-Gaussian modes is presented. Because of the unique features of spatial mode interference frequency-locking error signals, we are able to readily perform explicit measurement of the Gouy phase in a simple and highly accurate manner. We present these data and discuss the technique and its implications.
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