Self-mixing interferometer based on temporal-carrier phase-shifting technique for micro-displacement reconstruction

A novel self-mixing interferometer based on temporal-carrier phase-shifting technique is presented. The phase of the laser beam is modulated with a triangular wave by an electro-optic modulator (EOM) in the external cavity. Phase demodulation of the interference signal is achieved by five-step Schwider-Hariharan algorithm combined with a special sampling technique. Theoretical analysis and simulation results are presented. Some errors of the technique have been discussed. Experimentally, the new interferometer is applied to measure the displacement of a high precision commercial PZT and a displacement measurement accuracy of λ/60 can be obtained.