title: Picometer detection by adaptive holographic interferometry in a liquid-crystal light valve.
abstract: The large dispersive properties and the narrow frequency bandwidth of the two-wave mixing in a liquid-crystal light valve is used to realize an adaptive holographic interferometer in the Raman-Nath regime. We report experimental observation of picometer periodic displacements and estimate the theoretical signal-to-noise ratio and the minimum quantum-noise-limited detectable displacement.
authors: Institut Non Linéaire de Nice, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, CNRS 1361, Valbonne, France. umberto.bortolozzo@inln.cnrs.fr
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authors: Residori
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authors: Huignard