Characterisation of Polarising Components at Cryogenic Temperature.
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| Title: | Characterisation of Polarising Components at Cryogenic Temperature. |
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| Authors: | Chanelière, Thierry1 (AUTHOR) thierry.chaneliere@neel.cnrs.fr, Chepelianskii, Alexei D.2 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of Low Temperature Physics. Jun2025, Vol. 219 Issue 5, p252-261. 10p. |
| Subjects: | Physical optics, Physical sciences, Low temperatures, Optical materials, Optical spectroscopy |
| Abstract: | Controlling polarisation directly at low temperature is crucial for development of optical spectroscopy techniques at sub-Kelvin temperatures, for example, in a hybrid scheme where light is fed into and collected in the cryostat by fibres that are as easy to install as electrical wiring, but where distortions in the fibre need to be compensated for by discrete polarising optical components. The latter are poorly characterised at low temperatures. So we cool down polarising components from room temperature to 4 K and monitor the evolution of the polarisation properties in this range. We test a zero-order half-wave plate, a polarising beamsplitting cube and a dichroic polariser in the optical telecommunication range at 1.5 μm. We show that the polarisation is maintained at the 10 - 4 level within the whole temperature range. This is consistent with the typical thermal contraction of optical materials. This level of precision is sufficient for many optics experiments at low temperature. We argue that these experiments will allow the design of compact fibre-based probes for cryogenic surfaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Controlling polarisation directly at low temperature is crucial for development of optical spectroscopy techniques at sub-Kelvin temperatures, for example, in a hybrid scheme where light is fed into and collected in the cryostat by fibres that are as easy to install as electrical wiring, but where distortions in the fibre need to be compensated for by discrete polarising optical components. The latter are poorly characterised at low temperatures. So we cool down polarising components from room temperature to 4 K and monitor the evolution of the polarisation properties in this range. We test a zero-order half-wave plate, a polarising beamsplitting cube and a dichroic polariser in the optical telecommunication range at 1.5 μm. We show that the polarisation is maintained at the 10 - 4 level within the whole temperature range. This is consistent with the typical thermal contraction of optical materials. This level of precision is sufficient for many optics experiments at low temperature. We argue that these experiments will allow the design of compact fibre-based probes for cryogenic surfaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00222291 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10909-024-03259-y |
