Measurements of the instantaneous velocity difference and local velocity with a fiber-optic coupler

Details Measurements of the instantaneous velocity difference and local velocity with a fiber-optic coupler Measurements of the instantaneous velocity difference and local velocity with a fiber-optic coupler

2000-10-06

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0010021v1

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

Patent number: 67437 for associated information on the hardware, see http://karman.phyast.pitt.edu/horvath/

Scientific paper

10.1364/JOSAA.18.000696

New optical arrangements with two single-mode input fibers and a fiber-optic coupler are devised to measure the instantaneous velocity difference and local velocity. The fibers and the coupler are polarization-preserving to guarantee a high signal-to-noise ratio. When the two input fibers are used to collect the scattered light with the same momentum transfer vector but from two spatially separated regions in a flow, the obtained signals interfere when combined via the fiber-optic coupler. The resultant light received by a photomultiplier tube contains a cross-beat frequency proportional to the velocity difference between the two measuring points. If the two input fibers are used to collect the scattered light from a common scattering region but with two different momentum transfer vectors, the resultant light then contains a self-beat frequency proportional to the local velocity at the measuring point. The experiment shows that both the cross-beat and self-beat signals are large and the standard laser Doppler signal processor can be used to measure the velocity difference and local velocity in real time. The new technique will have various applications in the general area of fluid dynamics.

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