Title :
Optical heterodyne interferometer on optical activity measurement
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radiol. Sci., Nat. Yang-Ming Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
A novel heterodyne interferometer is setup to measure the optical activity of a quartz crystal successfully. In addition, an optical rotation of a scattered chiral medium is also measured and demonstrated experimentally.
Keywords :
chirality; heterodyne detection; light interferometers; optical materials; optical retarders; optical rotation; quartz; optical activity; optical heterodyne interferometer; optical rotation; quartz crystal; scattered chiral medium; Light scattering; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Phase measurement; Rotation measurement; Sugar;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1277008
