Sensitivity enhanced roll angle measurement

Hong Jiang; Chunyong Yin

doi:10.1117/1.602390

1 February 2000 Sensitivity enhanced roll angle measurement

Hong Jiang, Chunyong Yin

Optical Engineering, Vol. 39, Issue 2, (February 2000). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.602390

A novel idea of utilizing a quarter-wave plate (QWP) to enhance the sensitivity of roll angle measurement is verified both theoretically and experimentally. The roll angle measurement is based on optical heterodyne phase detection and its sensitivity is enhanced by setting the polarizing angle, which produces elliptically polarized light. An experimental setup is described and the experimental results presented are considered with the theoretical predications. With this practical configuration, the resolution of roll angle is 0.6 arcsec.

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Hong Jiang and Chunyong Yin "Sensitivity enhanced roll angle measurement," Optical Engineering 39(2), (1 February 2000). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.602390

Published: 1 February 2000

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