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DONATI Silvano, WANG Zhao, YU Yan-guang. Self-mixing interferometry used for instrumentations and measurements(invited)[J]. Chinese Optics, 2012, 5(2): 93-115. doi: 10.3788/CO.20120502.0093
Citation: DONATI Silvano, WANG Zhao, YU Yan-guang. Self-mixing interferometry used for instrumentations and measurements(invited)[J]. Chinese Optics, 2012, 5(2): 93-115. doi: 10.3788/CO.20120502.0093

Self-mixing interferometry used for instrumentations and measurements(invited)

doi: 10.3788/CO.20120502.0093
  • Received Date: 15 Dec 2011
  • Rev Recd Date: 13 Jan 2012
  • Publish Date: 10 Apr 2012
  • This paper reviews the development of a new configuration of interferometry, Self-mixing Interferometry(SMI). SMI is attractive because it doesn't require any optical part external to the laser and can be employed in a variety of measurements, ranging from the traditional measurements related to optical path length like displacements, small-amplitude vibrations, velocity; to sensing of weak optical echoes, like return loss and isolation factor measurements; and also to a special feature for the interaction with the medium, measurements of physical parameters, like laser line width, coherence length, and the alfa factor. Because it is also a coherent detection scheme, the SMI operation is close to the quantum limit of received field and the minimum detectable amplitudes of 20 pmHz or better are currently achieved upon operation on diffusive targets, whereas a corner cube allows half-wavelength counting mode or 0.5 m resolution on a dynamic range up to 2 m. SMI has a compact setup, and is easy to deploy in the field and can interface a variety of experiments from MEMS testing to rotating machine vibration testing to pickup of biological motility as described in the paper.

     

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