A sensitive method of determining optic axis azimuth based on laser feedback

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/22/12/124205

Abstract A sensitive method to determine the optic axis azimuth of the birefringence element is presented, which is based on laser feedback. The phase difference between the two intensities in birefringence feedback changes with the angle between the optic axis of the birefringence element and laser original polarization. The phase difference is highly sensitive to the relative position of the optic axis and the laser original polarization. This method is used to highly precisely determine the optic axis azimuth, and is able to distinguish between the fast axis and the slow axis of the birefringence element. Theoretical analysis and experimental results are both demonstrated.

Keywords: laser feedback optic axis differential method phase difference

Received: 22 February 2013
Revised: 04 July 2013
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PACS:	42.62.Eh	(Metrological applications; optical frequency synthesizers for precision spectroscopy)
	42.62.-b	(Laser applications)
	78.20.Fm	(Birefringence)

Fund: Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing, China (Grant No. 3091002).

Corresponding Authors: Tan Yi-Dong
E-mail: Tanyd@tsinghua.edu.cn

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Wu Yun (吴云), Zhang Peng (张鹏), Chen Wen-Xue (陈文学), Tan Yi-Dong (谈宜东) A sensitive method of determining optic axis azimuth based on laser feedback 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 124205

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