Title : 
Balanced detection optical heterodyne polarimeter for optical activity measurement of a quartz crystal
         
        
            Author : 
Chou, Chien ; Tsai, Hsiu-Ming ; Liao, Kuan-Yung ; Chou, Li-Dek
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Inst. of Biophotonics Eng., Nat. Yang Ming Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A novel amplitude sensitive optical heterodyne polarimeter in which a Zeeman laser associates with a balanced detector scheme to measure the optical activity |nr-nl of a quartz crystal is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The sensitivity of the measurement to 8.5×10-10 is analyzed.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Zeeman effect; heterodyne detection; optical materials; optical variables measurement; polarimeters; quartz; Zeeman laser; amplitude sensitive polarimeter; balanced heterodyne detection; optical activity measurement; optical polarimeter; quartz crystal; Biomedical optical imaging; Laser modes; Optical detectors; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Quantum cascade lasers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Biophotonics, 2004. APBP 2004. The Second Asian and Pacific Rim Symposium on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-8676-0
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/APBP.2004.1412352