Laser doppler velocimeter

Details Laser doppler velocimeter Laser doppler velocimeter

1994-10-03

1996-03-26

Tarcza, Thomas H.

Optics: measuring and testing

Velocity or velocity/height measuring

With light detector

356 509, G01S 1758

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055025587

ABSTRACT:
A laser Doppler velocimeter. A laser produces a single frequency beam which is split into a probe beam and a reference beam. The probe beam is directed at a moving target and a portion of the light reflected from the target is collected, formed into a beam. Both the reference beam and the reflected beam passed through an atomic line filter in which a vapor cell is subjected to a constant magnetic field and a second magnetic field which is being oscillated. Light of the reference beam and the reflected beam passing through the filter is detected and analyzed at the frequency of oscillation of the second magnetic field and at twice that frequency. The speed of the target can be determined from measurements with respect to each beam of the amplitudes at these two frequencies.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4902127 (1990-02-01), Byer et al.
patent: 5202741 (1993-04-01), Snyder
patent: 5267010 (1995-11-01), Kremer et al.
Blue cesium Faraday and Voigt magneto-optic atomic line filters, Menders et al, Opter Letters vol. 17, No. 19/Oct. 1992.

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