Cotton-Mouton effect measurement with the Fabry-Perot eigenstates

Dominique Chauvat; Albert Le Floch; Marc Vallet; Fabien Bretenaker

doi:10.1063/1.122075

Cotton-Mouton effect measurement with the Fabry-Perot eigenstates

Dominique Chauvat
, Albert Le Floch
, Marc Vallet
, Fabien Bretenaker

University of Rennes

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Abstract

We show that, using the eigenstates of a high-finesse Fabry-Perot cavity, we can measure the small Cotton-Mouton birefringence of gases with a simple tabletop apparatus. It requires only modest magnetic fields (B<1T) and uses an ultrastable Zerodur high-finesse optical cavity. The method is validated by the measurement of the Cotton-Mouton constant of air and a sensitivity of 2.5×10^-9rad is obtained for the single pass birefringence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1032-1034
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	73
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.122075
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1998
Externally published	Yes

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