Towards a FPGA-controlled deep phase modulation interferometer

TL;DR

This paper presents the development of a fiber-coupled deep phase modulation interferometer controlled by an FPGA with a soft-core processor, enabling real-time parameter tuning for enhanced interferometric measurements.

Contribution

It introduces a novel FPGA-based control system with a LEON3 soft-core processor for real-time tuning in deep phase modulation interferometry.

Findings

Real-time parameter tuning achieved

Enhanced interferometer stability demonstrated

Successful implementation in fiber-coupled setup

Abstract

Deep phase modulation interferometry was proposed as a method to enhance homodyne interferometers to work over many fringes. In this scheme, a sinusoidal phase modulation is applied in one arm while the demodulation takes place as a post-processing step. In this contribution we report on the development to implement this scheme in a fiber coupled interferometer controlled by means of a FPGA, which includes a LEON3 soft-core processor. The latter acts as a CPU and executes a custom made application to communicate with a host PC. In contrast to usual FPGA-based designs, this implementation allows a real-time fine tuning of the parameters involved in the setup, from the control to the post-processing parameters.