This tutorial presents a guided tour of laser feedback interferometry, from its origin and early
development through its implementation to a slew of sensing applications, including …

The laser diode self-mixing (or feedback) interferometric technique is reviewed as a general
tool for remote sensing applications. The operating principle is outlined, and the attainable …

An important use of the self-mixing effect inside a frequency-modulated single-mode laser
diode is in laser velocimetry and range-finding applications. The optical beam reflected by a …

Vision-based real-time displacement measurement systems can measure the structural
displacements without contact and output the results immediately, overcoming some …

We review laser diode feedback interferometry as a general tool for sensing applications.
After outlining the basic principles and the theoretical approaches used to describe the …

Laser self-mixing interferometry (SMI) is a powerful measurement technique with high
sensitivity and subwavelength precision. However, the simultaneous detection of multi …

An instrument for noncontact measurement of differential vibrations is developed, based on
the self-mixing interferometer. As no reference arm is available in the self-mixing …

State-of-the-art multisensory technologies and heterogeneous sensor networks propose a
wide range of response measurement opportunities for structural health monitoring (SHM) …

A non-contact sensor using the self-mixing interference inside a CW single-mode laser
diode has been designed to measure displacements. By using an appropriate signal …

A self-mixing type scanning range finder has been designed for the acquisition of three-
dimensional (3-D) image data and object construction. The optical beam backscattered by a …