Interferometer with Kerr effect compensation

Optics: measuring and testing – By dispersed light spectroscopy – Utilizing a spectrometer

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G01B 902, G01C 1964

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ABSTRACT:
A fiber optic interferometer provides Kerr effect compensation by intensity modulating counterpropagating waves of unequal intensity such that the average value of the square of the intensity is equal to a constant times the average value of the intensity squared, the constant preferably being equal to about two. The intensity modulation may be achieved by using a modulator in combination with a light source or by using a source in which plural frequencies combine to provide the modulation.

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