Real-time high-precision delay sensing device and method based on optical fiber Doppler interference

Abstract

The invention discloses a real-time high-precision delay sensing device and method based on optical fiber Doppler interference, and relates to the technical field of terahertz time-domain spectral imaging. In the prior art, the existing optical fiber Doppler displacement interferometer needs later data processing to realize sensing, real-time on-line measurement cannot be provided, and the delay line cannot be used at the same time when the delay line works. A purpose of the invention is to solve the problems in the prior art. According to the technical scheme, the device comprises an opticalfiber coupling laser chip, an optical fiber beam splitter, an optical fiber polarization beam combiner, a three-port optical fiber circulator, a target optical fiber delay line, an optical fiber polarization beam splitter, an optical fiber beam combiner, an optical fiber coupling photoelectric detector, a delay signal real-time processing board card, a plurality of single-axis transmission polarization maintaining optical fibers and a plurality of double-axis transmission polarization maintaining optical fibers. According to the invention, direct online measurement of the delay amount of a rotary optical delay line can be realized while the delay positioning precision of the rotary optical delay line is improved, so that a technical support is provided for high-precision terahertz time domain signal high-speed sampling of the high-speed optical fiber delay line and delay precision calibration of a common optical fiber delay line.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of terahertz time-domain spectral imaging, more specifically, it relates to a real-time high-precision time-delay sensing device and method based on fiber optic Doppler interference, and is especially suitable for high-precision terahertz imaging based on high-speed fiber delay lines. It is applicable to the field of high-speed sampling of time-domain signals, and it is also applicable to the field of delay accuracy calibration of ordinary optical fiber delay lines. Background technique [0002] The optical delay line is the core device of terahertz time-domain spectroscopy technology, which realizes the scanning detection of terahertz time-domain signals by changing the relative time delay between femtosecond probe light and terahertz pulse. Among various types of delay line technology, rotating optical delay line is the most common method to achieve large time-domain scanning range and high scanning repeti...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] However, the current fiber optic Doppler shift interferometer requires post-processing data to achieve sensing, and cannot provide real-time online measurement. In addition, the fiber optic Doppler shift interferometer cannot be used simultaneous

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