Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 11, Issue 2, 021201(2013)

Infrasound detection by laser diode self-mixing interferometry

Chengwei Li, Zhen Huang, and Xiaogang Sun

An alternative technique for infrasound detection based on the self-mixing (SM) interference of a laser diode is described. The principle involved is the dependence of the power emitted by the laser diode on infrasound-induced membrane vibration. The Fourier transform and fringe-counting methods are used to analyze the self-mixing signal. Infrasound signals are experimentally measured from 2 to 20 Hz with a resolution of 0.25, and the results well agree with the theoretical ones.

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Chengwei Li, Zhen Huang, Xiaogang Sun. Infrasound detection by laser diode self-mixing interferometry[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2013, 11(2): 021201

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Category: Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology

Received: May. 24, 2012

Accepted: Sep. 4, 2012

Published Online: Dec. 20, 2012

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DOI:10.3788/col201311.021201

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