Measurement of the phase anisotropy of very high reflectivity interferential mirrors

Year: 1997

Authors: Brandi F., Della Valle F., De Riva A.M., Micossi P., Perrone F., Rizzo C., Ruoso G., Zavattini G.

Autors Affiliation: Laboratori INFN, via Romea 4, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy; Dipartimento di Fisica, Piazza Torricelli 1, 56100 Pisa, Italy; Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN, via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy; Dipartimento di Fisica, INFN, via Paradiso 12, 44100 Ferrara, Italy; INFN, via Livornese 582/a, 56010 S. Piero a Grado (PI), Italy; INFN, Via Valerio 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy

Abstract: We have measured the phase anisotropy of four very high reflectivity (R > 0.999969) interferential mirrors for polarized light at strictly normal incidence by studying the birefringence properties of a Fabry-Perot cavity to which a Nd:YAG laser has been frequency locked. We found phase anisotropies per reflection ranging from less than 2 x 10(-7) rad to 2 x 10(-6) rad.

Journal/Review: APPLIED PHYSICS B: LASERS AND OPTICS

Volume: 65 (3)      Pages from: 351  to: 355

KeyWords: Fabry-Pérot cavity; Birefringence properties; Polarization
DOI: 10.1007/s003400050283

Citations: 38
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