The flow direction in a glass tube is measured by using a forward scattering dual beam laser Doppler velo$.$ cimeter with an acousto-optic modulator. We can determine the flow direction by measuring the shifted Doppler frequency which is dependent on the order of modulation of the laser beam and the fluid flow direction. Also. an electronic amplification circuit which has a bandwidth of 0 . 300 MHz and a gain of 38 dB is designed and fabricated to amplify the high frequency signal.signal.