A sensitive double beam laser interferometer for studying high-frequency piezoelectric and electrostrictive strains

A double beam laser interferometer is built up to study high‐frequency piezoelectric and electrostrictive strains. The system is capable of resolving a displacement of 10−2 A using lock‐in detection and measuring the strain all the way to the piezoelectric resonance frequencies using a digital oscilloscope for detection. The interference of sample bending to the detected signal is effectively avoided.