Title :
Vibration tolerant swept wavelength interferometry
Author :
Froggatt, Mark ; Soller, Brian ; Gifford, Dawn ; Wolfe, Matthew
Author_Institution :
Luna Technol., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
We describe a vibration tolerant coherent interferometer. The spectral phase response of a reference gas cell in the vicinity of an absorption line is measured in the presence of a vibrational disturbance using this method.
Keywords :
fibre optic sensors; light coherence; light interferometers; light interferometry; measurement by laser beam; optical sensors; optical variables measurement; absorption line; coherent interferometer; distributed optical sensing; optical coherence tomography; reference gas cell; spatial fiber-component metrology; spectral fiber-component metrology; spectral phase response; vibration tolerant swept wavelength interferometry; vibrational disturbance; Acoustic testing; Fiber lasers; High speed optical techniques; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Phase measurement; System testing; Vibration measurement; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.193186
