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Residual phase gradients in optical null interference sensing rotating optical field in a nulling Sagnac interferometer

TL;DR: In this paper, a scheme to sense the residual phase gradients in an optical interference of two out-of-phase Gaussian beams is proposed, which is implemented using a Sagnac interferometer configured to provide a null output.
Abstract: A scheme to sense the residual phase gradients in an optical interference of two out-of-phase Gaussian beams is proposed. Its implementation by detecting the residual phase gradient as an optical field rotation in a Sagnac interferometer, configured to provide a null output is presented.
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08 Dec 2001-BMJ
TL;DR: There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one, which seems an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality.
Abstract: There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one. I remember first hearing about it at school. It seemed an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality. Usually familiarity dulls this sense of the bizarre, but in the case of i it was the reverse: over the years the sense of its surreal nature intensified. It seemed that it was impossible to write mathematics that described the real world in …

33,785 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a fast Fourier transform method of topography and interferometry is proposed to discriminate between elevation and depression of the object or wave-front form, which has not been possible by the fringe-contour generation techniques.
Abstract: A fast-Fourier-transform method of topography and interferometry is proposed. By computer processing of a noncontour type of fringe pattern, automatic discrimination is achieved between elevation and depression of the object or wave-front form, which has not been possible by the fringe-contour-generation techniques. The method has advantages over moire topography and conventional fringe-contour interferometry in both accuracy and sensitivity. Unlike fringe-scanning techniques, the method is easy to apply because it uses no moving components.

3,742 citations

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01 Dec 2015
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of non-optimal structures for optical sensor design are studied and structures with good sensitivity and Q-factor are considered. But, the results show that some structures are better than those which are being used now in various optical sensor designs.
Abstract: In Photonics, light with varying optical properties and characteristics can be made useful for applications involving optical sensor designing by changing its flow through different media with differing Refractive Indices. What seems to be a neglecting factor is that of choosing optimum structure for these optical sensor designing applications. This paper aims at addressing this issue of using non optimum structures for various optical sensor designing applications. Effects of these structures are studied and structures with good sensitivity and Q-factor are considered. Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) is used for mathematical modeling of the structures and MEEP is used to create and simulate the structure taking common platforms to analyze Transmission Spectrum. Results show some structures are better than those which are being used now in various optical sensor designs.
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08 Dec 2001-BMJ
TL;DR: There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one, which seems an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality.
Abstract: There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one. I remember first hearing about it at school. It seemed an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality. Usually familiarity dulls this sense of the bizarre, but in the case of i it was the reverse: over the years the sense of its surreal nature intensified. It seemed that it was impossible to write mathematics that described the real world in …

33,785 citations

Journal Article
TL;DR: In this article, a fast Fourier transform method of topography and interferometry is proposed to discriminate between elevation and depression of the object or wave-front form, which has not been possible by the fringe-contour generation techniques.
Abstract: A fast-Fourier-transform method of topography and interferometry is proposed. By computer processing of a noncontour type of fringe pattern, automatic discrimination is achieved between elevation and depression of the object or wave-front form, which has not been possible by the fringe-contour-generation techniques. The method has advantages over moire topography and conventional fringe-contour interferometry in both accuracy and sensitivity. Unlike fringe-scanning techniques, the method is easy to apply because it uses no moving components.

3,742 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In this paper, a fast Fourier transform method of topography and interferometry is proposed to discriminate between elevation and depression of the object or wave-front form, which has not been possible by the fringe-contour generation techniques.
Abstract: A fast-Fourier-transform method of topography and interferometry is proposed. By computer processing of a noncontour type of fringe pattern, automatic discrimination is achieved between elevation and depression of the object or wave-front form, which has not been possible by the fringe-contour-generation techniques. The method has advantages over moire topography and conventional fringe-contour interferometry in both accuracy and sensitivity. Unlike fringe-scanning techniques, the method is easy to apply because it uses no moving components.

3,650 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a completely rewritten chapter was added to cover wavefront fitting and evaluation as well as holographic and Moire methods, and an appendix was added suggesting appropriate tests for typical optical surfaces.
Abstract: Fringe scanning techniques, now renamed heterodyning or phase shift interferometry, are covered in a completely rewritten chapter. New chapters have been added to cover wavefront fitting and evaluation as well as holographic and Moire methods. The chapter on parameter measurements has been completely rewritten and an appendix added suggesting appropriate tests for typical optical surfaces.

2,372 citations


"Residual phase gradients in optical..." refers background in this paper

  • ...Optical interferometers, the back bone of the chunk of optical metrology schemes offer measurement with subwavelength resolution [1]....

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01 Jan 1978
TL;DR: In this paper, a completely rewritten chapter was added to cover wavefront fitting and evaluation as well as holographic and Moire methods, and an appendix was added suggesting appropriate tests for typical optical surfaces.
Abstract: Fringe scanning techniques, now renamed heterodyning or phase shift interferometry, are covered in a completely rewritten chapter. New chapters have been added to cover wavefront fitting and evaluation as well as holographic and Moire methods. The chapter on parameter measurements has been completely rewritten and an appendix added suggesting appropriate tests for typical optical surfaces.

183 citations