Laser-self-mixing interferometry in the Gaussian beam approximation: Experiments and theory

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 10323-10333

  De Lucia, F ^a   Putignano, M ^a   Ottonelli, S ^a   Di Vietro, M ^a   Dabbicco, M ^a   Scamarcio, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN NOISE (ELECTRONIC); LASER THEORY; MIRRORS; TARGETS;

A-PLANE; ANGULAR WIDTH; COEFFICIENT C; GAUSSIAN LASER BEAM; LASER DIODES; LASER-SELF-MIXING; NOVEL METHODS; OFF-AXIS; PHASE FRONT; PLANE WAVE; SCANNING MEASUREMENT; SELF-MIXING; TARGET DISPLACEMENT; TARGET ROTATION;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODE LASER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LIGHT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 77952723612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.010323     Document Type: Article

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