Laser feedback interferometer with oscillating feedback mirror

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/21/11/114201

Abstract A method is proposed to solve the problem of direction discrimination for laser feedback interferometer. By vibrating the feedback mirror with a small-amplitude and high-frequency sine wave, laser intensity is modulated accordingly. The modulation amplitude can be extracted with a phase sensitive detector (PSD). When the feedback mirror moves, the PSD output shows a quasi-sine waveform similar to laser intensity interference fringe but with a phase difference of approximate ±π/2. If movement direction of the feedback mirror changes, the phase difference sign reverses. Therefore, the laser feedback interferometer offers a potential application in displacement measurement with a resolution of 1/8 wavelength and in-time direction discrimination. Without using optical components such as polarization beam splitter and wave plate, the interferometer is very simple, easy to align and less costly.

Keywords: He-Ne laser laser feedback interferometer dithering

Received: 08 March 2012
Revised: 04 May 2012
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PACS:	42.25.Hz	(Interference)
	42.62.Eh	(Metrological applications; optical frequency synthesizers for precision spectroscopy)

Corresponding Authors: Wang Zhi-Guo
E-mail: maxborn@nudt.edu.cn

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Wang Zhi-Guo (汪之国), Wang Fei (王飞), Xiao Guang-Zong (肖光宗 ) Laser feedback interferometer with oscillating feedback mirror 2012 Chin. Phys. B 21 114201

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