Performance limit of digital vibrometer using self-mixing type LDV

Recently, we proposed a compact digital vibrometer using a self-mixing laser Doppler velocimeter (SM-LDV). In this paper, we theoretically obtained formulas giving lower and upper limit of measurable velocity. In the prototype digital vibrometer, the theoretical value was 6.7mm/s and 162.8mm/s, respectively, which agreed well with the measured value. The upper limit of measurable displacement amplitude was 12OO.mu.m at 10Hz, and 250.mu.m at 100Hz. Furthermore, the measurement accuracy the displacement amplitude was within -3% and average error -1.3%, when the shape of the sawtooth contained in the Doppler beat signal is clear and sharp. The measurement accuracy is found to depend on a degree of sawtooth asymmetry (DSA).