Title :
Effect of diffraction-limited divergence and wave front curvature of the Gaussian beam on Michelson interferometer fringes
Author :
Dmitriev, A.K. ; Golovin, N.N.
Abstract :
The investigation of the interference pattern that appears during the passage of a Gaussian beam through a Michelson interferometer was carried out. That allowed to find the length measurement error due to diffraction-limited divergence and wavefront curvature of the light beam.
Keywords :
Michelson interferometers; geophysical techniques; Gaussian beam; Michelson interferometer friges; diffraction-limited divergence; diffraction-limited divergence effect; interference pattern; light beam wavefront curvature; Interference; Length measurement; Optical interferometry;
Conference_Titel :
Actual Problems of Electronics Instrument Engineering (APEIE), 2012 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Novosibirsk
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2842-5
DOI :
10.1109/APEIE.2012.6629018