Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 59, Issue 21, 2114004(2022)

High-Power Chaotic Laser for Laser Ranging

Yiyan Guo1, Zhiwei Jia1,2、*, Aizhong Zhao1, Anbang Wang1, Pu Li1, Jianguo Zhang1, and Tong Zhao1
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, Shanxi , China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
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    High-power free space chaotic laser is generated by a 1530 nm wide-ridged high-power semiconductor lasers (SL) with optical feedback. The multi-transverse-mode output beam result in the suppression of time-delay signature (TDS), eliminating the TDS's interference on the chaotic laser ranging. As the SL drive current increases, the TDS is gradually suppressed, but the relaxation oscillation signature is suppressed only in some current range. The current range and corresponding output laser power at different transmission/reflection ratios of beam splitter are investigated in detail. A chaotic laser with average power of 440 mW, the autocorrelation main peak half-height width of 0.07 ns, and the peak side lobe level of -6.3 dB is generated. This paper provides a chaotic laser source with simple structure, low cost, and high performance for chaotic laser ranging.

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    Yiyan Guo, Zhiwei Jia, Aizhong Zhao, Anbang Wang, Pu Li, Jianguo Zhang, Tong Zhao. High-Power Chaotic Laser for Laser Ranging[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(21): 2114004

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Jun. 8, 2022

    Accepted: Jul. 20, 2022

    Published Online: Oct. 31, 2022

    The Author Email: Jia Zhiwei (jiazhiwei@tyut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202259.2114004

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