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arxiv: 1803.05054 · v1 · pith:F777CON3new · submitted 2018-03-13 · ⚛️ physics.optics

Optical weak measurements without removing the Goos-Haenchen phase

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keywords goos-haenchenmeasurementsphaseweakopticalanalyticmeasurementrelative
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Optical weak measurements are a powerful tool for measuring small shifts of optical paths. When applied to the measurement of the Goos-Haenchen shift, in particular, a special step must be added to its protocol: the removal of the relative Goos-Haenchen phase, since its presence generates a destructive influence on the measurement. There is, however, a lack of description in the literature of the precise effect of the Goos-Haenchen phase on weak measurements. In this paper we address this issue, developing an analytic study for a Gaussian beam transmitted through a dielectric structure. We obtain analytic expressions for weak measurements as a function of the relative Goos-Haenchen phase and show how to remove it without the aid of waveplates.

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