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- The research demonstrates a significant slow-light birefringence (SLB) effect in a liquid-crystal light valve, where light with different polarizations travels at different speeds.
- The study highlights the potential of using SLB to create a common-path polarization interferometer.
- This interferometer can detect phase changes with improved sensitivity, making it useful for various applications in optical technologies.
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By performing two-beam coupling experiments in a liquid-crystal light valve, we report a large slow-light birefringence (SLB) phenomenon, with orthogonal polarization states traveling at very different group velocities. We show that SLB can be exploited for realizing a common-path polarization interferometer able to detect phase variations with enhanced sensitivity.
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