Direct measurement of the optical Goos-Hänchen effect in lasers

Fabien Bretenaker; Albert Le Floch; Laurent Dutriaux

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.931

Direct measurement of the optical Goos-Hänchen effect in lasers

Fabien Bretenaker
, Albert Le Floch
, Laurent Dutriaux

École Polytechnique

Societe DApplications Generales DElectricite et de Mecanique
Laboratoire d'Electronique Quantique - Physique des Lasers
Centre national de la recherche scientifique
Lycée Joliot-Curie

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Abstract

The Goos-Hänchen longitudinal shift at total reflection of an optical Gaussian beam is experimentally investigated for only one reflection. The differential experimental method uses the high sensitivity of the eigenstates of a quasi-isotropic laser to small perturbations to measure an intracavity Goos-Hänchen effect for angles of incidence both below and above the critical angle. The measurements are in good agreement with our calculations of the longitudinal shift for Gaussian laser beams.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	931-933
Number of pages	3
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	68
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.931
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1992

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