A method for measuring the rotatory power of a chiral medium

Der Chin Su, Chen Chih Hsu, Jiun You Lin, Ju Yi Lee

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Abstract

A light beam coming from a circularly polarized heterodyne light source passes through a chiral medium, its rotation angle is just half of the phase difference between p- and s-polarization components. And this phase difference can be measured accurately with heterodyne interferometric technique. The rotatory power is obtained by dividing the estimated rotation angle with its path length. This method has many advantages, such as, high stability, high resolution, easy operation, and real-time measurement.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)28-35
Number of pages8
JournalProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume4597
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
EventBiophotonics Instumentation and Analysis - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 28 Nov 200129 Nov 2001

Keywords

  • Chiral medium
  • Heterodyne interferometry
  • Optical rotation angle
  • Rotatory power

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