Optical Feedback Interferometry: from Basics to Applications of Laser Flowmetry

  • E. E. Ramírez-Miquet LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INP, Toulouse F-31000, France & Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnológicas y Desarrollo Nuclear, La Habana, Cuba & Currently at Laboratoire Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques, Université Paris Diderot, CNRS, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR 7162, 10 rue Alice Domon et Léonie Duquet, Paris 75013, France http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7537-8986
  • J. Perchoux LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INP, Toulouse F-31000, France. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5097-452X
  • R. da Costa Moreira LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INP, Toulouse F-31000, France. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7033-0262
  • Y. Zhao LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INP, Toulouse F-31000, France. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2934-5048
  • A. Luna-Arriaga LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INP, Toulouse F-31000, France.
  • C. Tronche LAAS-CNRS, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INP, Toulouse F-31000, France. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1387-4781
  • O. Sotolongo-Costa IICBA, CInC, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Avenida Universidad 1001, Cuernavaca, CP 62209 Morelos, Mexico http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9030-685X

Abstract

Optical feedback interferometry (OFI) is a contactless technique that is employed for measuring parameters related to object’s motion. The light emitted by a laser is backreflected or scattered from a moving object and a small portion of the scattered waves re-enters the laser cavity and impacts the laser's emission properties. We review the theoretical basics of optical feedback interferometry and explain the physical principles in the frame of laser Doppler flowmetry. We present a model derived from the Lang and Kobayashi rate equations to show the particular features of the optical feedback signal in temporal and frequency domain. In addition, we present experimental measurements relative to the detection of flowing particles in a microchannel, the measurement of unsteady flows and the quantification of blood perfusion in skin, which demonstrate the potential use of OFI sensors in the assessment of fluidic systems of interest in chemical and biomedical engineering.

Published
Jul 6, 2017
How to Cite
RAMÍREZ-MIQUET, E. E. et al. Optical Feedback Interferometry: from Basics to Applications of Laser Flowmetry. Revista Cubana de Física, [S.l.], v. 34, n. 1, p. 48-57, july 2017. ISSN 2224-7939. Available at: <http://www.revistacubanadefisica.org/index.php/rcf/article/view/RCF_34-1_48>. Date accessed: 29 mar. 2024.
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Review Articles