Self-mixing interference inside a laser diode: Application for displacement, velocity, and distance measurement

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3478, Issue , 1998, Pages 98-108

  Bosch, Thierry M ^a   Servagent, Noël ^a   Gouaux, Flore ^a   Mourat, Grégory ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Displacement measurement; Distance measurement; Laser diodes; Non destructive testing; Optical feedback; Quality control; Velocity measurement

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DIODES; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; MEASUREMENTS; MIRRORS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RANGE FINDERS; RANGE FINDING; SENSORS; TARGETS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT; EXTERNAL-; INJECTION CURRENTS; IR LASERS; LASER DIODES; LASER RANGE FINDERS; MEASURE DISTANCES; MIXING EFFECTS; MIXING SIGNALS; MOTION LAWS; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; OPTICAL BEAMS; OPTICAL OUTPUT POWERS; OPTICAL POWERS; OPTICAL SOURCES; SELF-ALIGNED; TARGET DISPLACEMENTS; VARIATIONS OF;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 0001863757     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.312977     Document Type: Conference Paper

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