Title :
Absolute distance measurement with 0.1 /spl mu/m accuracy using the MSTAR sensor
Author :
Lay, Oliver P. ; Dubovitsky, Serge ; Peters, Robert D. ; Burger, Johan ; Steier, William H. ; Ahn, Seh-Won ; Fetterman, Harold R.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
The MSTAR sensor uses the phase modulation sidebands on a stable laser carrier frequency as the multiple ´colors´ needed for absolute distance measurement. A range resolution of 0.1 /spl mu/m has been achieved in the lab.
Keywords :
integrated optics; laser frequency stability; laser ranging; light interferometry; optical modulation; phase modulation; sensors; 0.1 mum; MSTAR sensor; absolute distance measurement; phase modulation sidebands; stable laser carrier frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
