https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2019-90571-8
Regular Article
Power oscillations induced by the relative Goos-Hänchen phase
1
Institute of Physics Gleb Wataghin, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
2
Department of Applied Mathematics, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
3
Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research, University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan
4
Department of Mathematics and Physics, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
a e-mail: deleo@ime.unicamp.br
Received:
17
October
2018
Received in final form:
20
August
2019
Published online:
22
October
2019
By using an optical interferometer composed of a dielectric laser ellipsometer, to change the optical response of transverse electric and magnetic incident radiation, and two polarisers, to trigger the interference pattern induced by the relative Goos-Hänchen phase, we show under which conditions it is possible to optimize the laser power oscillations induced by the relative phase difference between orthogonal polarised states. The Goos-Hänchen interference can then be used to sense rotation, to test optical components, and to simulate quarter and half wave plates.
Key words: Optical Phenomena and Photonics
© EDP Sciences / Società Italiana di Fisica / Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature, 2019
