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WE have devised a method of detecting very low levels of modulation on a laser beam, with the object of assessing the performance of microwave light modulators. The system may either be used simply to indicate the presence of modulation, or, in conjunction with a Fabry–Perot interferometer, to demonstrate the existence of optical sidebands as discrete frequencies.
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PURSEY, H., MERRAN, P. & TREVELYAN, B. Detection of Weak Microwave Modulation of Light. Nature 210, 511–512 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210511b0
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