Title :
A phase sensitive optical rotation measurement in a scattered chiral medium using a Zeeman laser
Author :
Kuo, Wen-Chuan ; Hsieh, Tung-Sheng ; Chou, Chien
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radiol. Sci., Nat. Yang-Ming Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
A novel circular polarized optical heterodyne interferometer using a Zeeman laser is proposed. Two orthogonal circular polarized light waves of different temporal frequencies from Zeeman laser propagate with different speeds in the optical active medium. Then, a phase difference between these two waves provides the optical rotation angle of the optical active medium.
Keywords :
chirality; heterodyne detection; light interferometers; light polarisation; light propagation; light scattering; measurement by laser beam; optical rotation; Zeeman laser; Zeeman laser propagation; circular polarization; optical heterodyne interferometer; phase difference; phase sensitive optical rotation measurement; scattered chiral medium; Biomedical optical imaging; Light scattering; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Particle scattering; 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.2003.1277270