Title :
Revisiting the operating principles and application of interferometers
Author :
Yeoh, Stephenie ; Jafri, Mohd Zubir Mat ; Omar, Ahmad Fairuz
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Minden, Malaysia
Abstract :
Interferometer is a device, which splits light waves into two components. The two beams travel in different paths and recombine after some relative propagation phase delay. Among the most commercial interferometers in the optical industries are Michelson, Fabry-Perot and Mach-Zehnder. In this paper, the basic operating principles and application fields of each type of interferometer are reviewed. The optical designs were conducted by running a simulation on a commercial optical software package, ASAP.
Keywords :
light interferometers; optical design techniques; ASAP optical software package; interferometer application; light wave; operating principles; optical design; relative propagation phase delay; Detectors; Interferometers; Mirrors; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; instrument design; interferometry; optical design; optical simulation;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics (ICP), 2012 IEEE 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Penang
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1461-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICP.2012.6379882
