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Measurement of the velocity inside an all-fiber DBR laser by self-mixing technique

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The self-mixing interference for optical velocity sensing is experimentally investigated in an all-fiber configuration distributed Bragg reflector laser. Simultaneously, theory model of self-mixing interference laser Doppler velocimeter based on quasi-analytical method. The experimental results show Doppler shift frequency is linearly proportional to the value of the velocity which agrees well with theory analysis. The results preserve an enough signal-to-noise ratio around 40 dB in the range from 39.3–317.0 mm/s (measurement range depending on bandwidth of circuit) for velocity measurement. Additionally, the cutoff circuit is used in our system to get a stable Doppler signal and reduces the error rate to 0.136 % in practical measurement.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Fund of Anhui Province (Grant No. 1208085QF110) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60908035).

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    Zhengting Du, Liang Lu, Wenhua Zhang, Bo Yang & Benli Yu

  2. Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, China

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Du, Z., Lu, L., Zhang, W. et al. Measurement of the velocity inside an all-fiber DBR laser by self-mixing technique. Appl. Phys. B 113, 153–158 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-013-5452-z

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