Laser diode self-mixing technique for sensing applications

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Giuliani, Guido ^a   Norgia, Michele ^a   Donati, Silvano ^a   Bosch, Thierry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Displacement measurement; Distance measurement; Laser diode interferometry; Optical feedback; Remote sensing; Self mixing; Target ranging; Velocity measurement; Vibration measurement

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; DOPPLER EFFECT; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; GAS LASERS; LASER BEAMS; PHOTODIODES; REMOTE SENSING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT; LASER DIODE INTERFEROMETRY; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; QUANTUM DETECTION; SELF-MIXING; TARGET RANGING;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0036862640     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/4/6/371     Document Type: Article

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