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Main Authors: Zimmer, Alexander, Meyer, Johannes, Kasneci, Enkelejda
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10705
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author Zimmer, Alexander
Meyer, Johannes
Kasneci, Enkelejda
author_facet Zimmer, Alexander
Meyer, Johannes
Kasneci, Enkelejda
contents The rapid evolution of wearable technologies, such as AR glasses, demands compact, energy-efficient sensors capable of high-precision measurements in dynamic environments. Traditional Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) Laser Feedback Interferometry (LFI) sensors, while promising, falter in applications that feature small distances, high velocities, shallow modulation, and low-power constraints. We propose a novel sensor-processing pipeline that reliably extracts distance and velocity measurements at distances as low as 1 cm. As a core contribution, we introduce a four-ramp modulation scheme that resolves persistent ambiguities in beat frequency signs and overcomes spectral blind regions caused by hardware limitations. Based on measurements of the implemented pipeline, a noise model is defined to evaluate its performance and sensitivity to several algorithmic and working point parameters. We show that the pipeline generally achieves robust and low-noise measurements using state-of-the-art hardware.
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spellingShingle A Novel Signal Processing Strategy for Short-Range Laser Feedback Interferometry Sensors
Zimmer, Alexander
Meyer, Johannes
Kasneci, Enkelejda
Signal Processing
The rapid evolution of wearable technologies, such as AR glasses, demands compact, energy-efficient sensors capable of high-precision measurements in dynamic environments. Traditional Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) Laser Feedback Interferometry (LFI) sensors, while promising, falter in applications that feature small distances, high velocities, shallow modulation, and low-power constraints. We propose a novel sensor-processing pipeline that reliably extracts distance and velocity measurements at distances as low as 1 cm. As a core contribution, we introduce a four-ramp modulation scheme that resolves persistent ambiguities in beat frequency signs and overcomes spectral blind regions caused by hardware limitations. Based on measurements of the implemented pipeline, a noise model is defined to evaluate its performance and sensitivity to several algorithmic and working point parameters. We show that the pipeline generally achieves robust and low-noise measurements using state-of-the-art hardware.
title A Novel Signal Processing Strategy for Short-Range Laser Feedback Interferometry Sensors
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10705