• Optics and Precision Engineering
  • Vol. 32, Issue 17, 2676 (2024)
Kuan DIAO, Xiaojun LIU, and Haiyu ZHAO
Author Affiliations
  • School of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan430074, China
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    DOI: 10.37188/OPE.20243217.2676 Cite this Article
    Kuan DIAO, Xiaojun LIU, Haiyu ZHAO. Suppression of effects of air random disturbances in laser collimation measurements[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2024, 32(17): 2676 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The highly directional laser collimated beam is extensively used as a linear measurement reference in precision measurement. However, random air disturbances like fluctuations in temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure can induce jitter, compromising stability and accuracy. This paper introduces a method to counteract these disturbances by using Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) combined with Least Squares (LS) fitting for laser collimation signal filtering. The developed signal processing scheme decomposes, reconstructs, and corrects laser signals to remove such interferences. Experiments under various disturbance conditions show that the method proposed results in a standard deviation of fluctuations of 0.01 μm in the horizontal direction and 0.02 μm in the vertical direction after processing the laser alignment signal following laser drift compensation, significantly improves the stability of laser collimation measurements affected by atmospheric randomness.
    Kuan DIAO, Xiaojun LIU, Haiyu ZHAO. Suppression of effects of air random disturbances in laser collimation measurements[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2024, 32(17): 2676
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