Title :
Thermal phase compensation in fiber-optic interferometers
Author :
Dandridge, Anthony ; Tveten, Alan B.
Author_Institution :
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
fDate :
4/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A method to hold an interferometer in quadrature by thermal phase tracking is described. The phase tracker has an extremely large tracking range (

rad) such that the interferometer may be locked to zero path-length difference. The advantages and operation of this scheme to fiber-optic interferometry are described.
Keywords :
Optical fiber transducers; Arm; Fiber lasers; Interferometers; Noise level; Optical feedback; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical sensors;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.1984.1073583