Swann, W.
and Newbury, N.
(2006),
Frequency-Resolved Coherent LIDAR using a Femtosecond Fiber Laser, Optics Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=32098
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Frequency-Resolved Coherent LIDAR using a Femtosecond Fiber Laser
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We demonstrate a coherent lidar that uses a broadband femtosecond fiber laser as a source and resolves the returning heterodyne signal into N spectral channels by using an arrayed-waveguide grating. The data are processed incoherently to yield an N-times improvement in the Doppler measurement of a surface vibration. For N=6, we achieve a sensitivity of 153 Hz, corresponding to a 0.12 mm/s motion, in 10 ms despite a signal that is speckle broadened to 14 kHz. Alternatively, the data are processed coherently to form a range image. For a flat target, we achieve a 60 υm range resolution, limited mainly by the source bandwidth, despite the dispersion of 1 km of optical fiber in the signal path.Citation
Optics Letters
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31
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6
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.remote sensing, coherent LIDAR, frequency combs
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