• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 8, Issue 12, 1964 (2020)
Jindong Wang1、†, Zhizhou Lu2、3、†, Weiqiang Wang2、5、†,*, Fumin Zhang1、6、*, Jiawei Chen1, Yang Wang2、3, Jihui Zheng1, Sai T. Chu4, Wei Zhao2、3, Brent E. Little2、3, Xinghua Qu1, and Wenfu Zhang2、3、7、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology & Instruments, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710119, China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 4Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
  • 5e-mail: wwq@opt.ac.cn
  • 6e-mail: zhangfumin@tju.edu.cn
  • 7e-mail: wfuzhang@opt.ac.cn
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.408923 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Jindong Wang, Zhizhou Lu, Weiqiang Wang, Fumin Zhang, Jiawei Chen, Yang Wang, Jihui Zheng, Sai T. Chu, Wei Zhao, Brent E. Little, Xinghua Qu, Wenfu Zhang. Long-distance ranging with high precision using a soliton microcomb[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(12): 1964 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Laser-based light detection and ranging (lidar) plays a significant role in both scientific and industrial areas. However, it is difficult for existing lidars to achieve high speed, high precision, and long distance simultaneously. Here, we demonstrate a high-performance lidar based on a chip-scaled soliton microcomb (SMC) that can realize all three specialties simultaneously. Aided by the excellent properties of ultrahigh repetition rate and the smooth envelope of the SMC, traditional optical frequency comb (OFC)-based dispersive interferometry is heavily improved and the measuring dead zone induced by the mismatch between the repetition rate of the OFC and resolution of the optical spectrum analyzer is totally eliminated. Combined with an auxiliary dual-frequency phase-modulated laser range finder, the none-dead-zone measurable range ambiguity is extended up to 1500 m. The proposed SMC lidar is experimentally implemented in both indoor and outdoor environment. In the outdoor baseline field, real-time, high-speed (up to 35 kHz) measurement of a long distance of 1179 m is achieved with a minimum Allan deviation of 5.6 μm at an average time of 0.2 ms (27 nm at an average time of 1.8 s after high-pass filtering). The present SMC lidar approaches a compact, fast, high-precision, and none-dead zone long-distance ranging system, aimed at emerging applications of frontier basic scientific research and advances in industrial manufacturing.
    Eref(ωn)=αE(ωn),(1)

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    Emeas(ωn)=βE(ωn)exp(iτnωn),(2)

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    τn=2n(ωn)L/c,(3)

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    I(ωn)=[αE(ωn)+βE(ωn)exp(iτnωn)]×[αE(ωn)+βE(ωn)exp(iτnωn)]*=E2(ωn)[α2+β2+2αβcos(τnωn)]=E2(ωn){α2+β2+2αβcos[2ωnn(ωn)L/c]}.(4)

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    I(ωn)=E2(ωn)[α2+β2+2αβcos(2ωnnL/c)].(5)

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    L=cν/2n.(6)

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    La=Np×Lam+Lfrac=i=1Nplpp2ni+cτn2n0=i=1Npc2frepni+cτn2n0,(7)

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    ne=N/i=1N1ni.(8)

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    La=Lint+L=Nplpp2ne+cτn2n0={2[(L1lc)lc+L2]lpp}lpp2ne+cτn2n0.(9)

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    Jindong Wang, Zhizhou Lu, Weiqiang Wang, Fumin Zhang, Jiawei Chen, Yang Wang, Jihui Zheng, Sai T. Chu, Wei Zhao, Brent E. Little, Xinghua Qu, Wenfu Zhang. Long-distance ranging with high precision using a soliton microcomb[J]. Photonics Research, 2020, 8(12): 1964
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