Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 8, 081201(2022)

Four-quadrant demodulation fiber sensor for wavelength monitoring of a wavelength phase-shifting interferometer

Xiaoqin Shan1,2, Xingyue Fan1, Zhigang Han1、*, Jin Wang1, Fengrui Li1, and Rihong Zhu1
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  • 1School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
  • 2Zijin College, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210023, China
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    Optical path of the laser wavelength monitoring for the wavelength phase-shifting interferometer.
    Physical photo of interferometer wavelength monitoring system based on the four-quadrant modulation wavelength sensor.
    (a) Original intensity signals collected by the four-quadrant detector and (b) the normalized intensity signals, (c) the demodulated signals, and (d) wavelength monitoring results of the tunable laser.
    Interference fringes recorded by the interferometer.
    (a) Changes of the modulation voltage and output signals on the four-quadrant detector with time and (b) changes of the unwrapped phase and the relative wavelength with time.
    (a) Output signal and (b) demodulation signal of the wavelength sensor without laser modulation.
    • Table 1. The Orientation Parameters of the Polarization Devices

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      Table 1. The Orientation Parameters of the Polarization Devices

      DevicesParametersSpecification
      PBS2Slow axis orientation of the common port fiber to that of the p port fiber±45°
      PBCSlow axis orientation of the common port fiber to that of the p port fiber0° or ±90°
      QWPSlow axis orientation of the QWP to that of the common port fiber of the PBC±45°
      Four-quadrant polarizerTransmission axis orientations of the polarizers in each quadrant0°/45°/90°/135°
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    Xiaoqin Shan, Xingyue Fan, Zhigang Han, Jin Wang, Fengrui Li, Rihong Zhu. Four-quadrant demodulation fiber sensor for wavelength monitoring of a wavelength phase-shifting interferometer[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(8): 081201

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    Paper Information

    Category: Instrumentation, Measurement, and Optical Sensing

    Received: Mar. 8, 2022

    Accepted: May. 7, 2022

    Posted: May. 9, 2022

    Published Online: May. 27, 2022

    The Author Email: Zhigang Han (hannjust@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.081201

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