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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 4, Issue 4, 046002(2025)

Noise-limited real-time orthogonal polarization spectral interferometry by suppressing phase noise

Tianchang Lu1, Jiarun Zhang1, Yudong Cui1,2、*, Yueshu Xu2, Yusheng Zhang3, Youjian Song4, Longhua Tang1, Zhihua Ding1, Cuifang Kuang1,2, Minglie Hu4, and Xu Liu1,2、*
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  • 1Zhejiang University, College of Optical Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Hangzhou, China
  • 2ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Hangzhou, China
  • 3Zhejiang Normal University, Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies, Hangzhou, China
  • 4Tianjin University, School of Precision Instruments and Opto-electronics Engineering, Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Information Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Ultrafast Laser Laboratory, Tianjin, China
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    Tianchang Lu, Jiarun Zhang, Yudong Cui, Yueshu Xu, Yusheng Zhang, Youjian Song, Longhua Tang, Zhihua Ding, Cuifang Kuang, Minglie Hu, Xu Liu, "Noise-limited real-time orthogonal polarization spectral interferometry by suppressing phase noise," Adv. Photon. Nexus 4, 046002 (2025)

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Sep. 27, 2024

    Accepted: May. 7, 2025

    Published Online: Jun. 5, 2025

    The Author Email: Yudong Cui (cuiyd@zju.edu.cn), Xu Liu (liuxu@zju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1117/1.APN.4.4.046002

    CSTR:32397.14.1.APN.4.4.046002

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