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Implementation of a Reference Interferometer for Nanodetection
Published on: April 26, 2014
Method for path imbalance measurement of the two-arm fiber-optic interferometer
1Department of Optoelectronics and Communication Engineering, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. h4431@ms18.hinet.net
Abstract:
The path imbalance (PI) of the two-arm fiber-optic interferometric sensor is a substantial parameter; a precise value of millimeters is required. Currently the precision reflectometry and the millimeter optical time-domain reflectometry are used to measure the tiny optical path difference, but the performances of these measurements are limited from the length and the resolution of the PI. We propose a new method accomplished by interferometer to accurately measure millimeters to within a few decimeters of the PI.
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