COMPACT QUADRATURE MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER
An interferometer is provided. The interferometer includes a multifaceted beamsplitter. Angles of incidence between beams entering the beamsplitter and a beamsplitting surface of the beamsplitter are less than 45 degrees. The arms of the interferometer feature a refractive compensator or a catseye o...
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Format | Patent |
Language | English |
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27.02.2020
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Summary: | An interferometer is provided. The interferometer includes a multifaceted beamsplitter. Angles of incidence between beams entering the beamsplitter and a beamsplitting surface of the beamsplitter are less than 45 degrees. The arms of the interferometer feature a refractive compensator or a catseye optical configuration to provide an optical path length difference for rays that is the same at any location along the effective aperture of the interferometer. A detector assembly can be included with at least four detectors that lie in a plane and that receive light along paths that are orthogonal to that plane. |
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Bibliography: | Application Number: US201916265589 |