The measurement of the diameter change of a piezoelectric transducer cylinder with the white-light interferometry

Abdelaziz Saad*, Yi Jiang, Yuewu Liu, Zhen Wang

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Abstract

The measurement of the diameter change of a piezoelectric transducer (PZT) cylinder with the white-light interferometry is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. One arm of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) is wrapped on the PZT cylinder, and the phase change of the interferogram of the MZI is used to determine the diameter change when a DC voltage is applied on the PZT cylinder. The Fourier transform white-light interferometry is used for recovering the phase change of the interferometer. The experimental results show that the diameter change resolution of 0.8 nm for the PZT cylinder with diameter of 40 mm is achieved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)169-172
Number of pages4
JournalOptics and Lasers in Engineering
Volume56
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2014

Keywords

  • Fourier transform
  • Mach-Zehnder interferometer
  • Optical path difference
  • Piezoelectric transducer
  • White light interferometry

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