Six-beam homodyne laser Doppler vibrometry based on silicon photonics technology

Opt Express. 2018 Feb 5;26(3):3638-3645. doi: 10.1364/OE.26.003638.

Abstract

This paper describes an integrated six-beam homodyne laser Doppler vibrometry (LDV) system based on a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) full platform technology, with on-chip photo-diodes and phase modulators. Electronics and optics are also implemented around the integrated photonic circuit (PIC) to enable a simultaneous six-beam measurement. Measurement of a propagating guided elastic wave in an aluminum plate (speed ≈ 909 m/s @ 61.5 kHz) is demonstrated.