EXTERNAL MODULATION TECHNIQUE FOR SENSITIVE INTERFEROMETRIC DETECTION OF DISPLACEMENTS

被引:39
作者
MAN, CN [1 ]
SHOEMAKER, D [1 ]
TU, MP [1 ]
DEWEY, D [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV PARIS 11,CNRS,RECH ONDES GRAVITAT GRP,F-91405 ORSAY,FRANCE
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10.1016/0375-9601(90)90565-6
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We present and demonstrate experimentally a novel modulation technique for the shot-noise limited measurement of the differential displacement between arms of a Michelson interferometer. In this scheme electro-optic modulation is applied to a reference beam external to the Michelson system, avoiding modulator-induced losses and wave front distortions, and allowing efficient power increase through recycled-light operation. © 1990.
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页数:9
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