A novel high accuracy optical path difference compensation method based on phase difference technology

A novel method, which is based on the phase difference between the filtered spectrum and simulated spectrum, is proposed to compensate for the optical path difference (OPD) demodulation error of the interferometer sensors. With applying the phase difference technology, large dynamic range OPD demodulation with high accuracy is realized. Its principle is deduced by theoretical analysis. The numerical simulation is conducted in the presence of noise, amplitude variation, and constant offset, verifies that the proposed method is robust. The strain experiment result shows that the demodulation resolution is 45.37 pm at the cavity length of around 328 mu m. The demodulation accuracy improves about 10,000 times compares with the DGT method, and the demodulation resolution is achieved to the same order as the most advanced method with less computation. And the phase difference technology can be applied to other demodulation methods for high demodulation accuracy.

Automated summary

A novel method based on the phase difference technology is proposed to improve the demodulation accuracy of interferometer sensors, achieving large dynamic range OPD demodulation. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulation demonstrate the robustness of the proposed method, and strain experiment results show significant improvement in demodulation resolution.