Publications related to Michelson interferometer

Quantum radio astronomy: Data encodings and quantum image processing

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Emma Elizabeth Tolley, Stefano Corda

We explore applications of quantum computing for radio interferometry and astronomy using recent developments in quantum image processing. We evaluate the suitability of different quantum image representations using a toy quantum computing image reconstruc ...

Elsevier2024

Tangentially viewing phase contrast imaging for turbulence measurements in toroidal fusion devices

Stefano Coda

Phase contrast imaging (PCI) is an established and powerful technique for measuring density fluctuations in plasmas and has been successfully applied to several fusion devices. Rooted in a concept first developed for microscopy, PCI belongs to the category ...

2024

Model-based electron density estimation using multiple diagnostics on TCV

Olivier Sauter, Federico Alberto Alfredo Felici, Cristian Galperti

Estimation of the dynamic evolution of the electron plasma density during a tokamak discharge is crucial since it directly affects the plasma performance, confinement and stability. Therefore it needs to be monitored and controlled. Knowledge of the densit ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2023

Strained crystalline nanomechanical resonators with quality factors above 10 billion

Tobias Kippenberg, Sergey Fedorov, Alberto Beccari, Nils Johan Engelsen

In strained mechanical resonators, the concurrence of tensile stress and geometric nonlinearity dramatically reduces dissipation. This phenomenon, called dissipation dilution, is employed in mirror suspensions of gravitational-wave interferometers and at t ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2022

Stochastic gravitational-wave background from metastable cosmic strings

Valerie Fiona Domcke

A metastable cosmic-string network is a generic consequence of many grand unified theories (GUTs) when combined with cosmic inflation. Metastable cosmic strings are not topologically stable, but decay on cosmic time scales due to pair production of GUT mon ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2021

From NANOGrav to LIGO with metastable cosmic strings

Valerie Fiona Domcke

We interpret the recent NANOGrav results in terms of a stochastic gravitational wave background from metastable cosmic strings. The observed amplitude of a stochastic signal can be translated into a range for the cosmic string tension and the mass of magne ...

2020

Add-Drop Multiplexing Architecture for Nyquist OTDM Signals Based on a Single Mach-Zehnder Modulator

Camille Sophie Brès, Jianqi Hu, Svyatoslav Kharitonov, Simon Julien Fabbri

We propose and compare add-drop multiplexing schemes for Nyquist OTDM signals based on 1 x2 or 2 x2 Mach-Zehnder modulator. Bright and dark sinc pulse carver simultaneously provided by the modulator fulfil drop, notch and add functions. ...

IEEE2019

Optical backaction-evading measurement of a mechanical oscillator

Tobias Kippenberg, Liu Qiu, Itay Shomroni

Quantum mechanics imposes a limit on the precision of a continuous position measurement of a harmonic oscillator, due to backaction arising from quantum fluctuations in the measurement field. This standard quantum limit can be surpassed by monitoring only ...

Springer2019

Synthesis and Analysis of Linear and Nonlinear Bianisotropic Metasurfaces

Olivier Martin, Karim Achouri, Christophe Caloz

We present our recent progress pertaining to the synthesis and analysis of bianisotropic linear and nonlinear metasurfaces. These developments are based on the generalized sheet transition conditions (GSTCs), which provide a very complete and general metho ...

IEEE2018

Broadband Dispersion Characterization of Chalcogenide Tapered Photonic Crystal Fiber

Camille Sophie Brès, Svyatoslav Kharitonov, Sida Xing

Group-velocity dispersion of birefringent GeAsSe tapered PCF is directly measured over 1900-2300nm range using all-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer. We experimentally prove that zero-dispersion wavelength of chalcogenide PCFs can be shifted to thulium/hol ...

2017

Chiral gravitational waves from chiral fermions

Eray Sabancilar

We report on a new mechanism that leads to the generation of primordial chiral gravitational waves, and hence, the violation of the parity symmetry in the Universe. We show that nonperturbative production of fermions with a definite helicity is accompanied ...

American Physical Society2017

Broadband Characterization of ZBLAN Fiber for Short- Wave Infrared Applications Using All-Fiber Interferometer

Camille Sophie Brès, Svyatoslav Kharitonov

Group-velocity dispersion, third-order dispersion and propagation losses of 14m normal dispersion ZBLAN fiber are directly and continuously measured over 1500-2100nm range using all-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The fiber is then used for dispersion c ...

Ieee2016

The Mach-Zehnder Interferometer: A smart remote experiment based on a software template

Denis Gillet, Christophe Salzmann, Wissam Halimi

Hands-on laboratory sessions are one of the pillars of science and engineering education. It is reputed that institu- tions find it difficult to provide enough laboratory setups that cover all taught scientific topics due to logistical and budgetary limita ...

IEEE2016

Lightfields behind amplitude masks: Creating phase discontinuities

Hans Peter Herzig, Toralf Scharf, Wilfried Noell, Myun Sik Kim, Krishnaparvathy Puthankovilakam

Shaping of light fields behind amplitude and phase masks the basis the lithographic structure reproduction. The aerial image or better the intensity distribution defines the resolution of the structure to be printed. Contrast is the main parameter and to a ...

Ieee2016

Miniature silicon Michelson interferometer characterization for dimensional metrology

Maurine Malak Karam Awadallah

Dimensional metrology applications require performing measurements of profile and form/shape of parts at a nanometer-level of accuracy. Therefore, the metrological characteristics of a miniature optical micro-probe based on a Michelson interferometer are e ...

Elsevier Science Sa2015

Beyond Interferometers Based on Silicon-Air Bragg Reflectors: Toward On-Chip Optical Microinstruments-A Review

Maurine Malak Karam Awadallah

In this paper, we review recent advances in optical microinstruments based on distributed Bragg reflectors (DBR) focusing mainly on two application areas: spectrometry and profilometry. For spectrometry applications, we consider state-of-the-art architectu ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2015

Portable advanced off-axis camera for quantitative phase microscopy

Christian Depeursinge

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a device in which common-path interferometry combined with off-axis holographic geometry is used to realize a digital holographic camera which can be attached to the camera port of a conventional transmission micro ...

Spie-Int Soc Optical Engineering2014

New diagnostics for density measurement on Frascati Tokamak upgrade

Fabio Avino, Anton Petrov

In FTU, density profile is measured with two new diagnostics: a CO2/CO scanning interferometer and a time-of-flight radar (denominated refractometer). The first, using two scanning beams, can provide a plasma density profile every 62.5 mu s. Two lasers (CO ...

Elsevier Science Bv2013

Phase anomalies in Talbot light carpets of selfimages

Hans Peter Herzig, Toralf Scharf, Myun Sik Kim

An interesting feature of light fields is a phase anomaly, which occurs on the optical axis when light is converging as in a focal spot. Since in Talbot images the light is periodically confined in both transverse and axial directions, it remains an open q ...

Optical Society of America2013

Phase Anomalies in Micro-Optics

Hans Peter Herzig, Toralf Scharf, Myun Sik Kim

We present a comprehensive review on the latest research activities that explore the Gouy phase and indicate the recent experimental progresses for its observations in studies that rely on a longitudinal-differential interferometer. The latter is a far-fie ...

Elsevier, Amsterdam2013