• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 12, Issue 6, 1107 (2024)
Liang Xu1,2, Kun Wang1,2, Chen Liu1,2, Wenying Chen1,2..., Chi Zhang1,2,* and Xinliang Zhang1,2|Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2Optics Valley Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, China
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.515112 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Liang Xu, Kun Wang, Chen Liu, Wenying Chen, Chi Zhang, Xinliang Zhang, "Transient long-range distance measurement by a Vernier spectral interferometry," Photonics Res. 12, 1107 (2024) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Rapid and long-range distance measurements are essential in various industrial and scientific applications, and among them, the dual-comb ranging system attracts great attention due to its high precision. However, the temporal asynchronous sampling results in the tradeoff between frame rate and ranging precision, and the non-ambiguity range (NAR) is also limited by the comb cycle, which hinders the further advancement of the dual-comb ranging system. Given this constraint, we introduce a Vernier spectral interferometry to improve the frame rate and NAR of the ranging system. First, leveraging the dispersive time-stretch technology, the dual-comb interferometry becomes spectral interferometry. Thus, the asynchronous time step is unlimited, and the frame rate is improved to 100 kHz. Second, dual-wavelength bands are introduced to implement a Vernier spectral interferometry, whose NAR is enlarged from 1.5 m to 1.5 km. Moreover, this fast and long-range system also demonstrated high precision, with a 22.91-nm Allan deviation over 10-ms averaging time. As a result, the proposed Vernier spectral interferometry ranging system is promising for diverse applications that necessitate rapid and extensive distance measurement.
    Es(t)=F1{F[E0(t)]·D(ω)}1iM·exp[2ln2(tMτpw)2]·exp(it22Φ0)=As(t)·exp(it22Φ0),

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    Iref(t)=|Eloc(t)+Eref(t)|2=n=+|Es(tnfrep1)+Es(tnfrep2τref)|2=2n=+As2(tnfrep1){1+cos[τrefnΔTrΦ0tϕref(n)]},

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    Isample(t)=|Eloc(t)+Esample(t)|2=m=+|Es(tmfrep1)+Es(tmfrep2τsample)|2=2m=+As2(tmfrep1){1+cos[τsamplemΔTrΦ0tϕsample(m)]}.

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    Dsample=vg2(τsampleτref)=vg2[2πΦ0·(fs1fr1)+(m1n1)ΔTr],

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    Dsample=p·NAR+d,  d<NAR,

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    {p1=round(d2d1NAR1NAR2),if  d2d10  (p2=p1),p1=round(d2+NAR2d1NAR1NAR2),if  d2d1<0  (p2=p1+1),

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    p1,max=NAR2NAR1NAR2.

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    NARdualprobe=p1,max·NAR1=NAR1·NAR2NAR1NAR2=vg2Δfrep.

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    Liang Xu, Kun Wang, Chen Liu, Wenying Chen, Chi Zhang, Xinliang Zhang, "Transient long-range distance measurement by a Vernier spectral interferometry," Photonics Res. 12, 1107 (2024)
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