Abstract
Low-coherence interferometry (LCI) is a widely used measurement technique. Typical applications of LCI range from optical low-coherence reflectometry (OLCR) to optical coherence tomography (OCT). The main advantages offered by LCI over coherent-interferometry (CI) are its usual greater capacity to spatially locating the region of the sample from where the interferometric signal came from (the volume under test — VUT), and the greater robustness to straylight. When the LCI technique is combined with the self-mixing (SM, or optical-feedback, OF) technique, it is possible to obtain additional benefits in terms of compactness, and signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the interferometric signal. Optical layouts based on guided lightwaves generally allow to further improve the robustness and performances of the system. In this review, we focus on metrological applications of guided LCI-SM and, in particular, on the use of LCI-SM to measure positions and absolute distances, flow rates, fluid velocity profiles, and thicknesses.
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