• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 55, Issue 12, 120011 (2018)
Pengfei Cui, Linghui Yang, Jiarui Lin, and Jigui Zhu*
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP55.120011 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Pengfei Cui, Linghui Yang, Jiarui Lin, Jigui Zhu. Application of Femtosecond Optical Frequency Comb in Precise Absolute Distance Measurement[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2018, 55(12): 120011 Copy Citation Text show less
    Setup for distance measurement based on femtosecond pulse cross-correlation
    Fig. 1. Setup for distance measurement based on femtosecond pulse cross-correlation
    Schematic of distance measurement based on femtosecond pulse cross-correlation. (a) Coarse measurement based on rapid time of flight; (b) fine measurement based on cross correlation fringes
    Fig. 2. Schematic of distance measurement based on femtosecond pulse cross-correlation. (a) Coarse measurement based on rapid time of flight; (b) fine measurement based on cross correlation fringes
    Detection setup and measuring principle of balanced cross correlation. (a) Detection setup; (b) measuring principle
    Fig. 3. Detection setup and measuring principle of balanced cross correlation. (a) Detection setup; (b) measuring principle
    Setup of pulse-to-pulse alignment based on synthetic wavelength interferometer
    Fig. 4. Setup of pulse-to-pulse alignment based on synthetic wavelength interferometer
    Unbalanced Michelson interferometer with stable long fiber reference arm
    Fig. 5. Unbalanced Michelson interferometer with stable long fiber reference arm
    Time-of-flight distance measurement system under two femtosecond combs
    Fig. 6. Time-of-flight distance measurement system under two femtosecond combs
    Distance measurement system based on intermode beats
    Fig. 7. Distance measurement system based on intermode beats
    Distance measurement system based on spectral-resolved interferometer
    Fig. 8. Distance measurement system based on spectral-resolved interferometer
    Distance calculation method based on spectral-resolved interference. (a) Spectral interference intensity; (b) band-pass filtering after Fourier transfer; (c) wrapped phase; (d) unwrapped phase
    Fig. 9. Distance calculation method based on spectral-resolved interference. (a) Spectral interference intensity; (b) band-pass filtering after Fourier transfer; (c) wrapped phase; (d) unwrapped phase
    Principle of distance measurement based on chirped pulse spectral interferometer. (a1)-(a3) Pulses in time-domain; (b1)-(b3) fringes in spectral-domain
    Fig. 10. Principle of distance measurement based on chirped pulse spectral interferometer. (a1)-(a3) Pulses in time-domain; (b1)-(b3) fringes in spectral-domain
    Structure and principle of dual-comb heterodyne multi-wavelength interferometer. (a) Structure of measurement setup; (b) dual-comb spectrum; (b) spectrum of heterodyne interference signals
    Fig. 11. Structure and principle of dual-comb heterodyne multi-wavelength interferometer. (a) Structure of measurement setup; (b) dual-comb spectrum; (b) spectrum of heterodyne interference signals
    Pengfei Cui, Linghui Yang, Jiarui Lin, Jigui Zhu. Application of Femtosecond Optical Frequency Comb in Precise Absolute Distance Measurement[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2018, 55(12): 120011
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