Modified super-wide-angle Sagnac imaging interferometer based on LCoS for atmospheric wind measurement |
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Authors: | Haiyang Gao Yuanhe Tang Dengxin Hua Ci Zhu |
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Institution: | a School of Mechanical and Precision Instrument Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, No.5 South Jinhua Road, Xi’an 710048, China b School of Science, 904 #, Xi’an University of Technology, No.5 South Jinhua Road, Xi’an 710048, China |
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Abstract: | The modified super-wide-angle Sagnac imaging interferometer (MSASII) based on liquid crystals on silicon (LCoS) is proposed as a novel device for the detection of the upper atmospheric wind field. This device employs the phase-only modulation (POM) of LCoS coupled with the MSASII, and can measure phase changes in multi-band emissions without moving mirror. It can be used to replace the conventional Michelson’s interferometer with step-moving mirror device. The optical path difference (OPD) equation of MSASII-LCoS is derived, and the four compensation conditions (field, chromatics, thermal and achromaticity of thermal compensations) are discussed within the scope of wind measurement. The real parameters of LCoS and optical glasses are selected for numerical simulation and analysis. Three aurora lines (732.0, 630.0 and 557.7 nm) are considered, and their phase variations are 3.61, 2.02 and 0.15 fringes at the same incident angle of 3°, respectively. The rate of change of OPD with temperature is the magnitude of 10−6 cm/K, and the corresponding phase variations are within 0.09 fringes. The accuracy of phase modulation can be 0.614×10−2 rad when LCoS of 10-bits is used. The novel model MSASII-LCoS shows its advantage for atmospheric wind measurement in the aspects of the overall structure, anti-vibration, operational flexibility and detection accuracy. |
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Keywords: | Upper atmospheric wind field measurement Liquid crystals on silicon Modified Sagnac imaging interferometer Field widening |
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