Advanced optical distance measurements using femtosecond laser pulses

Author

Seung-Woo Kim ; Young-Jin Kim ; Byung Jae Chun ; Keun-woo Lee ; Seoungheum Han ; Yoon-Soo Jang ; Huynjay Kang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon, South Korea

fYear

2015

fDate

10-15 May 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Femtosecond lasers began to draw attention as a new light source for high-precision absolute distance measurements (ADMs) allowing for advanced principles such as synthetic wavelength generation, Fourier-transform-based dispersive analysis and multi-wavelength interferometry. In this talk, we present the state-of-the-art measurement principles and performance demonstrated by exploiting the unique temporal and spectral characteristics of femtosecond laser pulses for ADM applications.

Keywords

distance measurement; high-speed optical techniques; measurement by laser beam; Fourier-transform-based dispersive analysis; femtosecond laser pulses; high-precision absolute distance measurements; light source; multiwavelength interferometry; optical distance measurements; spectral characteristics; synthetic wavelength generation; temporal characteristics; Distance measurement; Frequency measurement; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Type

conf

Filename

7182941