Modular optics interferometer

The Optics of the Mach-Zehnder Interferometer

Profunctor Optics: Modular Data Accessors

Data accessors allow one to read and write components of a data structure, such as the fields of a record, the variants of a union, or the elements of a container. These data accessors are collectively known as optics; they are fundamental to programs that manipulate complex data. Individual data accessors for simple data structures are easy to write, for example as pairs of ‘getter’ and ‘sette...

Physical Optics Analysis of a Fiber-Delivered Displacement Interferometer

Optical interferometry has been used for over a century for precision metrology. Advances in interferometry, such as the inclusion of a laser source, have increased the precision of such interferometers. In this thesis, we examine a fiber-fed, heterodyne, spatially separated, differential wavefront interferometer. The combination of technology in this interferometer can allow easier and more ro...

Modular Adaptive Optics Testbed for the Npoi

The Naval Prototype Optical Interferometer (NPOI) is a long-baseline, multi-station interferometer whose collection apertures can be relocated to provide flexible baseline lengths. While NPOI has the longest baseline at optical wavelengths in the world, the sensitivity of the interferometer is limited by the size of the individual collection apertures which are currently 0.5 meters in diameter....

Modular quantum memories using passive linear optics and coherent feedback

In this paper, we show that quantum memory for qudit states encoded in a single photon pulsed optical field has a conceptually simple modular realization using only passive linear optics and coherent feedback. We exploit the idea that two decaying optical cavities can be coupled in a coherent feedback configuration to create an internal mode of the coupled system which is isolated and decoheren...