RT Journal Article T1 Zero reference signal for displacement measuring systems by use of speckle A1 Pérez Quintián, Fernando A1 Alonso Fernández, José A1 Atencia Carrizo, Jesús A1 Bernabeu Martínez, Eusebio AB An optical method for generating a reference signal for an incremental displacement measurement system is proposed. We achieved this zero reference signal by comparing two speckle patterns arriving from two symmetric diffusers, which are used as natural random codes that are identical only when the reading head is located equidistantly between the diffusers. The comparison of the speckles is obtained either by interference, as in a Michelson interferometer, or by intensity correlations. PB The Optical Society Of America SN 1559-128X YR 2003 FD 2003-12-01 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51207 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51207 LA eng NO © 2003 Optical Society of America.We thank M. Quintanilla for useful comments and discussions. This research has been supported by projects DPI 2001-1238 and DPI 2001-1369 of the Spanish Ministry for Science and Technology. NO Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (MCYT), España DS Docta Complutense RD 6 abr 2025