title: Heterodyne detection of enhanced backscatter.
abstract: Heterodyne detection has been used to measure the enhanced backscattering from a standard target consisting of a plane mirror positioned behind a moving ground-glass disk (assumed to act as a phase screen). A tilt of the plane mirror in combination with spectral filtering of the detector output allows isolation of the double-scattered component of the light signal. When the illuminating laser and the local oscillator beams are correctly mode matched, the intensity of this signal displays the factor-of-2 increase that denotes full coherent enhancement. This full enhancement is preserved for a wide range of mirror to phase-screen spacing, in contrast with earlier observations in which direct-detection techniques were used.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pitter
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jakeman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harris