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Determination of optical path difference of white light fibre interferometer using peak tracking method

Ley, Hood Hong and Yahaya, Asiah and Munajat, Yusof (2014) Determination of optical path difference of white light fibre interferometer using peak tracking method. Jurnal Teknologi, 71 (5). pp. 79-82. ISSN 0127-9696

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v71.3860

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the peak tracking method for determination of optical path difference of a fibre interferometer. This study narros the scope for Mach-Zehnder configuration with neutral white LED as its light source. The peak tracking method is then applied on the interference spectrum recorded from the output port of the interferometer using a spectrometer, allowing the optical path difference to be computed. Accuracy of this method is greatly affected by the wavelength resolution of the detector, where the uncertainty of the result is smaller with higher wavelength resolution and the maximum measurable path difference was found to be about 0.6 mm

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:fibre interferometer, Mach-Zehnder, peak tracking method, white light
Subjects:Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions:Science
ID Code:52342
Deposited By: Siti Nor Hashidah Zakaria
Deposited On:01 Feb 2016 03:52
Last Modified:17 Sep 2018 04:08

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