• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 21, Issue 4, 041202 (2023)
Ruitao Yang1、2, Hao Sun1、2, Pengcheng Hu1、2、*, Hongxing Yang1、2, Haijin Fu1、2, Liang Yu1、2, Xu Xing1、2, Xuemei Ding1、2, and Jiubin Tan1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Center of Ultra-precision Optoelectronic Instrument, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Ultra-precision Intelligent Instrumentation (Harbin Institute of Technology), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL202321.041202 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Ruitao Yang, Hao Sun, Pengcheng Hu, Hongxing Yang, Haijin Fu, Liang Yu, Xu Xing, Xuemei Ding, Jiubin Tan. Real-time suppression of random phase drift for laser ranging with high-frequency intermode beats[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(4): 041202 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Laser ranging with frequency comb intermode beats (IMBs) has been suffering from random phase drifts (RPDs) for two decades. In this study, we reveal the influence of signal transmission path on the RPDs and propose a real-time suppression method using two IMBs of similar frequencies from different combs. As the two IMBs obtain similar RPDs during their transmission through same signal paths, the RPD of the original probing signal IMB is suppressed by deducting the RPD of the newly added local IMB in real time. In our experiments, a real-time suppression of RPDs is achieved using IMBs of 1001 and 1000 MHz. For the sampling time of 100 s, the effect of 19-fold suppression has been achieved. The proposed method provides a new solution for the long-standing phase drift problem in laser ranging with comb IMBs.
    φ=φ0+φITD+δφRTD,

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    φITD=2π[fIMBta+fLOtb+(fIMBfLO)tc],

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    δφRTD=2π[fIMBδta+fLOδtb+(fIMBfLO)δtc].

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    φL=φ0L+φITDL+δφRTDL,

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    δφRTDL=2π[fIMBLδtaL+fLOδtb+(fIMBLfLO)δtcL].

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    δφRTDL2π[fIMBLδta+fLOδtb+(fIMBLfLO)δtc].

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    φφL=φ0+(φ0L+φITDφITDL)+(δφRTDδφRTDL).

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    δφRTDδφRTDL2π(fIMBfIMBL)(δta+δtc).

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    Ruitao Yang, Hao Sun, Pengcheng Hu, Hongxing Yang, Haijin Fu, Liang Yu, Xu Xing, Xuemei Ding, Jiubin Tan. Real-time suppression of random phase drift for laser ranging with high-frequency intermode beats[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2023, 21(4): 041202
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