Abstract

Active homodyne control can be used to stabilize; π/2-rad phase steps in a Fiber-Optic Projected-Fringe Digital Interferometry. Two beams emitted from a fiber-optic coupler are combined to form an interference fringe pattern on a diffusely reflecting object. Fresnel reflections from the distal fiber ends undergo a double pass in the fibers and interference at the fourth port of the coupler which formed a Michelson interferometer. We suggested a method of PTDC (DC phase tracking) to maintain the interference intensity at quadrature by feedback control. Stepping between quadrature positions force a π/2-rad phase step. A method based on the ratio of harmonic of the interference signal is proposed to estimate phase step accuracy .A root-mean-square phase stability of 2 mrad and phase step accuracy of 13.8 mrad were measured with PTDC for the Fiber-Optic Projected-Fringe Digital Interferometry. It worked well in 2 h without resetting the integrator.

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