A laser displacement sensor using the self-mixing effect for modal analysis and defect detection

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 847-850

  Servagent, Noël ^a   Bosch, Thierry ^a   Lescure, Marc ^b  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Displacement sensor; Laser diode; Modal analysis; Optical feedback; Self mixing effect

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; FEEDBACK; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MODAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

DEFECT DETECTION; DISPLACEMENT SENSOR; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; SELF MIXING EFFECT;

SENSORS;

EID: 0031199928     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.650786     Document Type: Article

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