Digital frequency demodulation for a laser vibrometer

This thesis presents the design and simulation of a digital frequency demodulator applied to a Michelson interferometer-based scanning laser vibrometer. The laser vibrometer is a velocity transducer that produces frequency-modulated signals that have traditionally been optically or electronically frequency shifted from baseband to an intermediate frequency. This shifting produces a narrow band modulation that may be demodulated with standard analog frequency demodulators. This thesis proposes replacing these traditional optics or electronic circuits with a digital frequency demodulator. The optics of a laser vibrometer can be constructed such that a near-perfect baseband quadrature representation is available for the frequency modulation. It will be seen that this representation is well suited for use by a digital frequency demodulator. This thesis applies the arctangent-type digital frequency demodulator to a laser vibrometer and demonstrates its superiority over other digital demodulation techniques. In addition some specialized signal processing to handle the special case of sine-dwell vibration tests is presented.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Electrical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1994

Author dc:creator

• Cronin, Christopher Joseph

Chairs dc:contributor.committeechair

• Wicks, Alfred L.
• Abbott, A. Lynn

Committee member dc:contributor.committeemember

• West, Robert L. Jr.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-11102009-020344

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/45633