Angular interferometer using calcite prism and rotating analyzer

An interferometer using a calcite prism and rotating analyzer is proposed for angular displacement determinations. The calcite prism senses the angular displacements and the rotating analyzer transfers the interference signals from dc-type into ac-type. Compact optical setup and using low-cost devices are thus the advantages of the interferometer. The theory of the interferometer is first demonstrated. A setup constructed to realize the interferometer and the results of using this setup are then presented.     

A displacement measurement system, utilizing a Wollaston interferometer

A dual interferometric displacement measurement system is presented where a Wollaston prism interferometer is employed in conjunction with a normal Michelson interferometer. The system operates without the use of external polarizers, apart from those associated with the Wollaston prism interferometer itself. It is shown that an optical path difference induced in the Michelson interferometer can be detected using the Wollaston prism in a normal interferometer arrangement. Further, the interference pattern produced by the Wollaston prism interferometer changes in a measurable, linear fashion as the optical path difference from the Michelson interferometer alters. A simple theoretical analysis of the system is presented and used to derive a computer model of the optical arrangement. Results from an experimental implementation of the system, using a Wollaston prism with a beam separation of 0.5 degrees and a superluminescent diode, of wavelength 825 nm, as a light source, are included and compared to the results from the computer model.     

基于菲佐干涉仪与多通道光电倍增管阵列的多普勒频移检测技术

提出了基于菲佐干涉仪和多通道光电倍增管(PMT)阵列探测器组合的多普勒频移检测的方案,适用于风速测量的直接探测多普勒激光雷达。首先介绍了工作原理,再根据菲佐干涉仪光谱特征对频移检测用干涉仪进行了优化设计,优化设计的菲佐干涉仪腔长150mm、平板反射率0．755。对提出的菲佐干涉仪和多通道光电倍增管阵列探测器组合的方案进行了数值模拟,以分子散射作为背景噪声,计算了该方法的风速测量误差。模拟结果表明,设计的基于菲佐干涉仪的直接探测多普勒测风激光雷达,在30 s的积分时间内、探测高度5 km以下,风速测量误差可以达到0．56 m/s。     

用实验室现有的设备仪器开出近代物理新实验

用法布里──珀罗干涉仪或标准具，可观察到钠光谱两条D线又各自分裂为两条谱线的超精细结构。我们用法布里──珀罗标准具和迈克尔逊干涉仅改装的法布里──珀罗干涉仪测量其裂距与文献记载相符。我们把它设为一个近代物理实验题目。     

Shearing interferometer using low-coherent light source and calcite prism

A shearing interferometer using a low-coherent light source and calcite prism is proposed in this paper. The calcite prism is the shear plate that generates sheared wavefronts with optical-path difference induced only by the contour of the specimen. Low-coherent light source is thus available while the interferometer is adopted for contour derivative determinations. The design of this interferometer is introduced, a setup constructed to realize the interferometer is described, and the experimental results from the uses of the setup are finally presented.     

光学纳米测量方法及发展趋势

综述了光学方法中以频率跟踪方法、外差干涉仪、调频干涉仪、偏振干涉仪和光学光栅为代表的光学纳米测量方法。分析了它们的发展状况以及各自特点,指出建立适合于纳米测量的纳米环境是目前亟待解决的关键性问题,给出了光学纳米测量方法的发展方向和在设计测量系统时应该注意的问题     

Interferometric scanning of laser beams

A new beam deflection technique is based on modulating the optical transmission characteristics of a modified Fabry-Perot interferometer. Electro-optically changing the interferometer length leads to fast high resolution scanning of the transmission fringe. Experiments have been conducted using the 4880 Å argon laser line with an interferometer containing a LiNbO₃ crystal.     

Holographic Study of Surface Relief Using a Shear Interferometer

Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics - We describe experimental studies of the recording of the relief of a diffusely reflecting surface using a shear interferometer. The interferometer uses a...     

Polarization phase-shifting lateral shearing interferometer with two polarization beam splitter plates

We proposed a compact and simple polarization phase-shifting lateral shearing interferometer using two polarization beam splitter plates (PBSP). This interferometer is composed of two PBSP, a quarter-wave plate, an analyzer and a CCD camera. With the two PBSP positioned in appropriate spatial positions, optical path difference compensation is achieved, which allows for the implement of aplanatic and common-path shearing interferometer. Therefore, the system possesses significant advantages of simple structure, compact and strong anti-interference ability. The effectiveness of the interferometer is demonstrated by simulations and experiments.     

Stabilization of interferometric response using a polarization scrambler

This paper shows, theoretically and experimentally, how a polarization scrambler increases the response stability of a fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer. We have studied the situation when the scrambler is placed in one of the interferometer branches and also when it is placed at the interferometer input. The measurements carried out using a scrambler based on the Faraday effect, agree with the simulation results.     

A speckle-shearing interferometer: A tool for measuring derivatives of surface displacements

A speckle-shearing interferometer is developed using a sheared Michelson interferometer. The tool, like speckle interferometry, utilizes the speckle effect of coherent light. However, while speckle interferometry measures surface displacements, the speckle-shearing interferometer determines the derivatives of the surface displacements. Hence, it eliminates the necessity of differentiating the measured displacements to obtain strain.     

Pulse stretching and spectroscopy of subnanosecond optical pulses using a Fabry-Perot interferometer

A Fabry-Perot interferometer has been used to produce optical pulses of variable width from a short gaussian input pulse. Pulse stretching of two to five or more times the original pulse width is possible provided a longer tail on the output pulse is acceptable. Calculations and measurements of pulse shape and interferometer finesse are presented, along with a discussion of short-pulse spectroscopy using a Fabry-Perot interferometer.     

一种弹性盘光纤加速度传感器的探讨

本文介绍了一种采用Ｍａｃｈ－Ｚｅｎｄｅｒ干涉仪结构的中心固支弹性盘光纤加速度传感器。该传感器利用弹性盘的变形引起光纤长度的变化，进而引起位相的变化，通过干涉仪感测出。文中分析了两种结构，并加以实现与对比。     

Knife-edge diffraction pattern as an interference phenomenon: An experimental reality

This paper demonstrates that a knife-edge diffraction pattern is, indeed, due to the interference of two superimposing waves: the geometrical wave and the boundary diffraction wave. Within the framework of boundary diffraction wave theory it is shown that this diffraction pattern can easily be broadened in such a manner that a single fringe covers the whole field of view. At this point the system converges to a schlieren diffraction interferometer and could be used for the study of phase objects using diffraction-limited optics. Experimental observations show that the method bears a similarity to that of any known two-beam interferometer, e.g. Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The experimental details have been presented and the results are compared with a two-beam holographic interferometer and a point diffraction interferometer.     

Interferometric studies of a piano soundboard

Electronic speckle pattern interferometry has been used to study the deflection shapes of a piano soundboard. A design for an interferometer that can image such an unstable object is introduced, and interferograms of a piano soundboard obtained using this interferometer are presented. Deflection shapes are analyzed and compared to a finite-element model, and it is shown that the force the strings exert on the soundboard is important in determining the mode shapes and resonant frequencies. Measurements of resonance frequencies and driving-point impedance made using the interferometer are also presented.     

Stable single-photon interference in a 1 km fiber-optic Mach-Zehnder interferometer with continuous phase adjustment

We experimentally demonstrate stable and user-adjustable single-photon interference in a 1 km long fiber-optic Mach-Zehnder interferometer, using an active phase control system with the feedback provided by a classical laser. We are able to continuously tune the single-photon phase difference between the interferometer arms using a phase modulator, which is synchronized with the gate window of the single-photon detectors. The phase control system employs a piezoelectric fiber stretcher to stabilize the phase drift in the interferometer. A single-photon net visibility of 0.97 is obtained, yielding future possibilities for experimental realizations of quantum repeaters in optical fibers and violation of Bell's inequalities using genuine energy-time entanglement.     

干涉测量的误差分析与并联机床的准确度测量

对雷尼绍激光干涉仪的线性测量原理进行了详细探讨,分析了干涉仪在线性测量中的主要影响因素和误差诱因;作出了线性测量的准直误差特性曲线和阿贝误差特性曲面,并利用最小二乘法拟合得到了干涉仪准直测量误差的数学模型和沿u、v方向离散的阿贝误差特性曲线方程;给出了一种建立误差数学模型的方法.采用激光干涉仪检测了并联数控机床直线轴的运动准确度,并提出了一种适合于并联机床直线轴定位准确度测量的干涉测量方法.     

Compulsorily Phase Locked Interferometer Using Orthogonally Polarized Light Source of a Modulated LD with High Extinction Ratio

This paper describes a compulsorily phase locked differential interferometer using an orthogonally polarized light source of a modulated LD with high extinction ratio to reduce non-linearity of the interferometer caused by polarization cross-talk. The current modulated LD is used as a light source to make the interferometer compact and for the scanning phase of the interferometer. The interferometer is operated compulsorily at the maximum inclination point of the fringe intensity curve by fringe scanning and an electric system. A Wollaston prism of high extinction ratio (50 dB) is used to combine the polarizing beams and to make the polarization cross-talk very small. In one light source the polarized output beams are on the same propagation axis; in the other they have a small crossing angle (2.5 mrad ∼ 10 mrad) to completely exclude non-linearity of the interferometer causded by polarization cross-talk. Using jets of a gas mixture of nitrogen and ethylene, this interferometer was demonstrated to be useful in detecting the photothermal effect of a photothermal velocimeter under phase fluctuation in a turbulent flow.     

Gravitational wave detection using dual input Michelson interferometer

We propose a new scheme for interferometric gravitational wave detection using a dual input Michelson interferometer. The scheme allows us to put a phase modulator outside the interferometer without requiring arm-length unbalance. Moreover, the scheme can realize sub-shot-noise sensitivity using an amplitude squeezed state of light as one of the dual inputs.     

Wavefront measurement with a phase-shifting lateral-shearing Sagnac interferometer operating in broadband light

A phase-stepping lateral shearing Sagnac interferometer for wavefront measurement is described. Phase shifting is implemented using a polarisation modulator operating on the wavelength independent Pancharatnam's phase allowing accurate measurement of phase maps even with broadband light. We demonstrate the interferometer by measuring a range of different wavefront shapes using both laser and white light.