title: Measurement of the transverse electric field profile of light by a self-referencing method with direct phase determination.
abstract: We present a method for measuring the transverse electric field profile of a beam of light which allows for direct phase retrieval. The measured values correspond, within a normalization constant, to the real and imaginary parts of the electric field in a plane normal to the direction of propagation. This technique represents a self-referencing method for probing the wavefront characteristics of light.
authors.affiliation: INMS, National Research Council of Canada 1200 Montreal Rd, M-36, Ottawa, K1A 0R6 Canada. bamberc@nrc.ca
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bamber
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sutherland
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lundeen
mesh_terms: D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008027:Light; D010783:Photometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*