Full text
| |
| Author(s): |
Rodrigo Eduardo Fraga Kumamoto
Total Authors: 1
|
| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin |
| Defense date: | 2011-05-19 |
| Examining board members: |
Jaime Frejlich;
Lucila Helena Deliesposte Cescato;
Agnaldo Aparecido Freschi
|
| Advisor: | Jaime Frejlich |
| Abstract | |
This paper presents a study about photoelectromotive force effect produced by a spatially oscillating \ speckle" pattern when projected onto photoconductive or photorefractive materials. Among the contributions of this paper we can mention the improvement of both the existing theoretical model and use this phenomenon to measure the transverse mechanical vibrations. Basically, the effect of photoelectromotive force generates an AC photocurrent with the same frequency of the oscillating pattern and a magnitude which depends on the amplitude to which the light pattern varies spatially. From our theoretical model, we could predict the existence of a maximum value for the photocurrent, which occurs for a given vibration amplitude related to the average size of the \speckle". We con rmed experimentally the existence of this maximum, but the value is a little different than theoretically expected. We measured the frequency response of the photocurrent and related the results with the temporal response characteristics of the photoconductive material. To perform the experimental measurements we developed a mechanical vibration sensor based on photoelectromotive force effect, demonstrating the applicability for measurements of amplitude and frequency of a vibrating surface. The sensor consists of a photoconductive crystal and an electronic amplification. Light from a laser is directed to a target vibrant and the backscattered light in the form of a speckle pattern is focused on the photoconductive crystal. The crystals used were Bi12TiO20 and CdTe:V under illumination of 532nm and 1064nm, respectively. The system is interesting both for mechanical vibrations measurements and for materials characterization (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/06541-8 - Electromotive force study of an oscillating speckle pattern of light and its applications. |
| Grantee: | Rodrigo Eduardo Fraga Kumamoto |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |