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  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Vol. 23,
  • Issue 8,
  • pp. 2449-
  • (2005)

Fiber-Coupled In-Line Heterodyne Optical Interferometer for Minimally Invasive Sensing

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Abstract

In this paper, the first fiber-coupled no-moving-parts scanning heterodyne interferometer design using a single acoustooptic device (AOD) is reported. The design features a high-stability inline reflective architecture with free-space-scanned minimally invasive sensing via a multizone reflective sensor chip. The common path fiber interconnection allows robust remoting of the compact sensing front end. A proof-of-concept sensing experiment measuring voltage-dependent birefringence is successfully conducted using a voltage-controlled nematic liquid crystal (NLC) sensor chip. The system features a 4.69-dB optical loss, a 200-MHz output frequency, and a 1550-nm eye-safe operation wavelength. Applications for the system include any fiber-remoted sensing using the proposed free-space minimally invasive interrogating optical beams.

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