Low-coherence light interferometry, instrumentation design, and application development

Michael A. Marcus; Jiann-Rong Lee; Harry W. Harris

doi:10.1117/12.417429

1 March 2001 Low-coherence light interferometry, instrumentation design, and application development

Michael A. Marcus, Jiann-Rong Lee, Harry W. Harris

Proceedings Volume 4204, Fiber Optic Sensor Technology II; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417429
Event: Environmental and Industrial Sensing, 2000, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

A high-resolution (sub micron accuracy) fiber optic coupled dual Michelson interferometer based instrument has been developed and is being utilized in a variety of process monitoring applications. The instrument includes both coherent and non-coherent light sources, custom application dependent optical probes and sample interfaces, a Michelson interferometer, custom electronics, a Pentium based PC with data acquisition cards and LabWindows CVI based application specific software. This paper describes the development of this instrument with special emphasis on applications development. The principles behind robust instrument design hardware, software and user interfaces are discussed.

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Michael A. Marcus, Jiann-Rong Lee, and Harry W. Harris "Low-coherence light interferometry, instrumentation design, and application development", Proc. SPIE 4204, Fiber Optic Sensor Technology II, (1 March 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417429

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