• DocumentCode
    689741
  • Title

    Immersion birefringent transducer for angular displacement measurement in heterodyne interferometer

  • Author

    Ruey-Ching Twu ; Ching-Shing Wang ; Jhao-Sheng Wang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Southern Taiwan Univ. of Sci. Technol., Tainan, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a novel immersion type birefringent transducer is proposed for optically measuring angular displacement based on a heterodyne interferometry. As a result, a resolution of 2.85×10-5 deg with a dynamic range of over 5deg has been achieved by utilizing a KTP plate immersed in a glycerin solution.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; displacement measurement; light interferometers; potassium compounds; transducers; KTP; KTP plate; angular displacement measurement; glycerin solution; heterodyne interferometry; immersion birefringent transducer; Displacement measurement; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Optical sensors; Optical variables measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834128