Quantum-noise-limited sensitivity of an interferometer using a phase generated carrier demodulation scheme

Tristan Jorge Tayag

doi:10.1117/1.1431971

1 February 2002 Quantum-noise-limited sensitivity of an interferometer using a phase generated carrier demodulation scheme

Tristan Jorge Tayag

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 41, Issue 2, (February 2002). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1431971

The quantum-noise-limited sensitivity is derived for a two-beam interferometer, which uses a phase generated carrier demodulation scheme. For surface-disturbancedetecting sensors, this sensitivity limit is expressed in terms of the smallest displacement that may be detected if the signal-to-noise ratio is unity. We determine the quantumnoise- limited displacement of the classical Michelson interferometer to be 5 pm.

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Tristan Jorge Tayag "Quantum-noise-limited sensitivity of an interferometer using a phase generated carrier demodulation scheme," Optical Engineering 41(2), (1 February 2002). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1431971

Published: 1 February 2002

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