A simple thermal phase stabilizer for real-time optical fibre holographic interferometry

R. K.Y. Chan; A. S.K. Cheng; W. K. Chow; J. B. Brown; S. J. Rogers

doi:10.1016/0030-3992(92)90090-O

A simple thermal phase stabilizer for real-time optical fibre holographic interferometry

R. K.Y. Chan^*, A. S.K. Cheng, W. K. Chow, J. B. Brown, S. J. Rogers

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Department of Physics

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Abstract

An optical fibre interferometer can be made to phase-stabilize by simply attaching a short length of one arm of the interferometer to a straight copper track and heating the track with an electric current. This feedback thermal stabilization scheme works well even for relatively short fibre lengths and there is no need to treat or unjacket the fibre. A fibre-optic Michelson interferometer stabilized by this method successfully provided object and reference beams for real-time holographic interferometric measurements of the distortion of heated test objects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	357-359
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics and Laser Technology
Volume	24
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0030-3992(92)90090-O
Publication status	Published - Dec 1992

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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