Title :
Coherent asynchronous sampling distance measurement using a single polarization-multiplexed ultrafast laser
Author :
Xin Zhao ; Zheng Gong ; Ya Liu ; Jiansheng Liu ; Zheng Zheng
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Beihang Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Laser ranging based on asynchronous sampling of ultrashort optical pulses is proposed and experimentally demonstrated using just one polarization-multiplexed mode-locked fiber laser, which produces two orthogonal polarized, coherent pulse trains with slightly different repetition rates.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; laser ranging; optical pulse generation; coherent asynchronous sampling distance measurement; laser ranging; mode-locked fiber laser; orthogonal polarized coherent pulse trains; repetition rates; single polarization-multiplexed ultrafast laser; ultrashort optical pulses; Distance measurement; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Measurement by laser beam; Optical fiber polarization; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
