Displacement sensors based on feedback effect of orthogonally polarized lights of frequency-split HeNe lasers

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2225-2228

  Ding, Yingchun ^a   Zhang, Shulian ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a   Du, Wenhua ^a   Suo, Rui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Displacement measurement; Feedback effect; Frequency split; HeNe laser

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FEEDBACK; HELIUM NEON LASERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT SOURCES; PRISMS;

BIREFRINGENT DUAL-FREQUENCY LASER; DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK EFFECT; FREQUENCY SPLIT; ORTHOGONALLY POLARIZED LIGHT; PHOTOELECTRIC DETECTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0141518344     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1588658     Document Type: Article

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