Picoradian deflection measurement with an interferometric quasi-autocollimator using weak value amplification

Abstract

We present an "interferometric quasi-autocollimator" that employs weak value amplification to measure angular deflections of a target mirror. The device has been designed to be insensitive to all translations of the target. We present a conceptual explanation of the amplification effect used by the device. An implementation of the device demonstrates sensitivities better than 10 picoradians per root hertz between 10 and 200 hertz.

arXiv commentTo be published in Optics Letters

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