Title :
A lidar based on optical sampling by cavity tuning
Author :
Lin Yang ; Jinsong Nie ; Lingze Duan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA
Abstract :
We report the demonstration of a lidar based on optical sampling by cavity tuning. Target vibration as fast as 50 Hz has been successfully detected at an equivalent free-space distance of over 2 km.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; measurement by laser beam; optical radar; cavity tuning; equivalent free-space distance; frequency 50 Hz; lidar based optical sampling; optical detection; Biomedical optical imaging; Modulation; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
