Frontiers in Optics

Observation of spectral interference for any path difference in an interferometer

Luis José Salazar-Serrano, Alejandra Valencia, Juan P. Torres

Published Jan 1, 2014• 1 citation

Abstract

We report experimental observation of spectral interference in a Michelson interferometer, regardless of the relationship between the temporal path difference and the spectral width of an input pulse, by using a weak value amplification scheme.

DOI: 10.1364/fio.2014.fm4d.6

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