| Authors: | Y. Li, R. Baets | | Title: | Single-channel laser Doppler vibrometers integrated on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) | | Format: | International Conference Proceedings | | Publication date: | 4/2012 | | Journal/Conference/Book: | Proceedings of the 5th international conference on optical measurement techniques for structures & systems (OPTIMESS2012)
| | Volume(Issue): | p.235 | | Location: | Antwerp, Belgium | | Citations: | Look up on Google Scholar
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Abstract
Multi-location velocity measurements of a vibrating surface are of interest recently. By scanning the laser beam of a single-point laser Doppler vibrometer (LDV) across the surface of interest, one can realize the multi-location vibration measurement. However, the recovered velocity values of different locations are not obtained at the same time. In many applications, such as measuring the aortic pulse wave velocity, simultaneous velocity measurements for different locations are required. Multi-channel LDVs can be used in this case, in which multiple laser beams are generated and sent to the surface of interest simultaneously. However, the complexity of realizing the multiple interferometers in a bulk LDV system will increase as the number of channels increases, and thus it is very hard to realize a bulk LDV with many channels
We propose to use the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) chip as a platform of the multi-channel interferometers. With the help of silicon photonics and CMOS technology, multiple interferometers can be miniaturized and fabricated on SOI chips. Laser beams are sent into or out of the chip through optimized on-chip grating couplers, with the coupling insertion loss of less than 2 dB per coupler. The total footprint of the integrated multiple interferometers can be very small (several square of millimetres) compared to a bulk LDV system. The cost of the chips will be dramatically decreased for mass production. Additionally, the stability of the integrated interferometers is much better than that of the interferometer built with discrete optical components.
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