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   Michael Koch to All   
   Alignment of laser vibrometer   
   25 Jan 16 09:14:06   
   
   From: astroelectronic@t-online.de   
      
   Hello folks,   
      
   I have a laser vibrometer which has totally misaligned optics. It's a   
   Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a Bragg cell, as shown for example in figure   
   2 in this PDF:   
   http://www.polytec.com/fileadmin/user_uploads/Applications/Data_   
   torage/Documents/LM_TP_Idema_JP_2005_E.pdf   
   When no voltage is applied to the Bragg cell, the beam goes straight through.   
   When voltage is applied, then there is an additional beam at the exit which is   
   dimmer and a few degrees deflected.   
   My question: Which of the two beams must be aligned on the photodiodes?   
      
   Thanks,   
   Michael   
      
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