Abstract
The use of a coherent light source (laser) can lead to significant errors when measurements of optical activity, magneto optical Kerr rotation, dichroism or ellipsometric parameters are down with a photoelastic modulator. In particular, a phenomenon of interferences occurs between beams arising from multiple reflections in the modulator. These interferences give rise to parasitic effects which depend on the one hand on the characteristics of the modulator and on the other hand on the wavelength of the light. A variation of temperature causes a modification of those artefacts. These have been noticed experimentally and their amplitude is in good agreement with theoretical predictions, based on a calculation of interferences. The amplitude of an artefact may reach one degree of angle in case of optical activity and is equal to five thousandth in case of measurement of a dichroism. We have shown experimentally that these effects can be cancelled by inclining the modulator with respect to the axis of the light beam or by using a new modulator with a trapezoidal section.
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