Reducing the effect of laser beam fluctuations in a wind tunnel experiment by using an orthogonal-polarization compensation method
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Xiannan Meng; Lijiang Zeng
- Source
- Technical Digest. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. 4th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (Cat. No.01TH8557) Lasers and electro-optics Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on. 2:II-II 2001
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Laser beams
Fluctuations
Force measurement
Optical sensors
Force sensors
Insects
Optical polarization
Instruments
Frequency measurement
Goniometers
- Language
An orthogonal polarization compensation (OPC) method is developed for measuring the beating force of a bumblebee in a wind tunnel, and compensating the error due to beam fluctuations induced by air turbulence.