• Frontiers of Optoelectronics
  • Vol. 3, Issue 4, 370 (2010)
Xin WU1、*, Sihai CHEN1、2, Xiaogang XIONG1, Benyi SHI1, and Wei CHEN1
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Wuhan 430074, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s12200-010-0120-y Cite this Article
    Xin WU, Sihai CHEN, Xiaogang XIONG, Benyi SHI, Wei CHEN. An analog notch filter for piezoelectric optical scanner[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2010, 3(4): 370 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The optical scanner is one of the most important components in free-space optical communications, airborne and space-based lidars, adaptive optics, and so on. The performance of an optical scanner is frequently limited by the presence of mechanical resonances. This paper presents an analog notch filter with adjustable function to reject the mechanical resonances of the optical scanner. First of all, the structure and work principle of the piezoelectric optical scanner are introduced. Furthermore, the frequency sweep method based on virtual instruments is used to gain the natural frequency of the piezoelectric optical scanner. Then, the notch filters in series are used to reduce the oscillation of the scanner at the resonance frequencies. A variety of scanning experiments were carried out. After the introduction of the notch filter, the non-linearity was reduced to ±1.1% from ±2.1%. The linearity performance was greatly improved.
    Xin WU, Sihai CHEN, Xiaogang XIONG, Benyi SHI, Wei CHEN. An analog notch filter for piezoelectric optical scanner[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2010, 3(4): 370
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