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Mode-locked ring lasers for the backscattering measurement of mirrors
M Navarro1, O Chalus, J-C Diels
1Department of Physics and Astronomy and enter for High Technology Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Abstract:
A new method for measuring the backscattering produced by mirrors is presented. A mode-locked ring laser allows us to achieve more sensitivity than with any other technique. The present sensitivity to a minimum intensity backscattering coefficient (ratio of backscattered versus incident intensity) of 10(-15) can be enhanced through stabilization. We compare results realized with this technique with results issued from classical bidirectional reflectance distribution function measurements.
