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Inhomogeneous phase-visibility modulating interferometry by space on-off non-quadrature amplitude modulation
Uriel Rivera-Ortega1, Cruz Meneses-Fabian, Gustavo Rodriguez-Zurita
1Facultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Apdo. Postal 165, Puebla, Pue. 72000, México.
Abstract:
A new method in interferometry based on on-off non-quadrature amplitude modulation for object phase retrieval is presented. Although the technique introduces inhomogeneous visibility and phase variations in the interferogram, it is shown that the phase retrieval of a given object is still possible. This method is implemented by using three beams and two Mach-Zehnder interferometers in series. One of the arms of the system is used as a probe beam and the other two are used as reference beams, yielding from their sum the conventional reference beam of a two-beam interferometer. We demonstrate that, if there is a phase difference within the range of (0,π) between these two beams, the effect of modulation in both amplitude and phase is generated for the case of on-off non-quadrature amplitude modulation. An analytical discussion is provided to sustain this method. Numerical and experimental results are also shown.
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