• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 15, Issue 5, 053101 (2017)
Hao Cui1、2, Bincheng Li1、2、*, Yanling Han2, Jing Wang1, Chunming Gao1, and Yafei Wang1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optoelectronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
  • 2Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
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    Hao Cui, Bincheng Li, Yanling Han, Jing Wang, Chunming Gao, Yafei Wang. Simultaneous measurements of s- and p-polarization reflectivity with a cavity ring-down technique employing no polarization optics[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(5): 053101 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The cavity ring-down (CRD) technique is adopted for simultaneously measuring s- and p-polarization reflectivity of highly reflective coatings without employing any polarization optics. As the s- and p-polarized light trapped in the ring-down cavity decay independently, with a randomly polarized light source the ring-down signal recorded by a photodetector presents a double-exponential waveform consisting of ring-down signals of both s- and p-polarized light. The s- and p-polarization reflectivity values of a test mirror are therefore simultaneously determined by fitting the recorded ring-down signal with a double-exponential function. The determined s- and p-polarization reflectivity of 30° and 45° angle of incidence mirrors are in good agreement with the reflectivity values measured with the conventional CRD technique employing a polarizer for polarization control.
    I(t)=Is(0)exp(tτs)+Ip(0)exp(tτp)+I0,(1)

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    Rs=exp(L0cτ0Lcτs),(2a)

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    Rp=exp(L0cτ0Lcτp).(2b)

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    Hao Cui, Bincheng Li, Yanling Han, Jing Wang, Chunming Gao, Yafei Wang. Simultaneous measurements of s- and p-polarization reflectivity with a cavity ring-down technique employing no polarization optics[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(5): 053101
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