Achromatic deep nulling with a three-dimensional Sagnac interferometer

作者:Yokochi Kaito; Tavrov Alexander V; Nishikawa Jim; Murakami Naoshi; Abe Lyu; Tamura Motohide; Takeda Mitsuo; Kurokawa Takashi
来源:Optics Letters, 2009, 34(13): 1985-1987.
DOI:10.1364/ol.34.001985

摘要

A 3-D Sagnac interferometer can null out light from an on-axis source achromatically. The 3-D Sagnac interferometer can make stable and achromatic pi phase shifts, because it has a common path structure. The achromaticity of the interferometer is theoretically proved by,Jones calculus. The experimental setup is constructed, and its nulling characteristics are measured to be about 10(-6) at 5 lambda/d for green (lambda=532 nm) and red (lambda=633 nm) laser light simultaneously This interferometer Would be very useful for the direct detection of faint extrasolar planets.