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  • Optics and Photonics
  • Metrology

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  • Traditional Laser Doppler effect implementations are limited by single parameters and treated as isolated phenomena.
  • Existing methods face accuracy limitations due to restricted frequency shift magnitudes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To report a generalized Doppler effect overcoming limitations of traditional implementations.
  • To enhance metrological accuracy through a novel approach.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing tailored vectorially polarized dual-vortex fields derived from spin-orbit coupling.
  • Interacting these fields with moving scatterers to observe spectral signatures.

Main Results:

  • Observed four simultaneous spectral signatures: conventional Doppler signal (DS), Doppler polarization signal (DPS), and two novel Doppler polarization-vortex signals (DPVSs).
  • DPVSs provide amplified frequency shifts, enhancing measurement accuracy by factors scaling with coupled polarization (m) and orbital angular momentum (ℓ).
  • Directional ambiguity resolved via phase analysis of polarization offset or analyzer angle difference.

Conclusions:

  • The generalized Doppler framework unifies previous formulations.
  • Offers a pathway to substantially improved Doppler metrology.
  • Enables unprecedented accuracy in fluid vorticity mapping, hemodynamic monitoring, and LiDAR systems.