Abstract
In the reference interferometer demodulation scheme, it's difficult to guarantee in practice that both interferometers have the same optical path length difference (OPD), which makes the phase modulation depth different in different interferometers with the same laser modulation. The random shift of phase modulation depth also affects the demodulation results. An improved phase-generated carrier (PGC) technique is proposed based on an auxiliary reference interferometer and the ellipse fitting algorithm (EFA). The technique ensures the correct fitting of the EFA for small amplitude signals by introducing a sinusoidal signal as an additional phase modulation. The combination of the reference interferometer and EFA can eliminate the effect of different phase modulation depths of the two interferometers caused by different OPDs, the non-linear distortion caused by phase modulation depth shifts, and improve the accuracy of the demodulation results. The experiment results are consistent with the theoretical analysis, and the method extends the application of the EFA in the reference interferometer phase demodulation technique.
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