Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 4, 041202(2023)

Real-time suppression of random phase drift for laser ranging with high-frequency intermode beats

Ruitao Yang1,2, Hao Sun1,2, Pengcheng Hu1,2、*, Hongxing Yang1,2, Haijin Fu1,2, Liang Yu1,2, Xu Xing1,2, Xuemei Ding1,2, and Jiubin Tan1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Center of Ultra-precision Optoelectronic Instrument, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Ultra-precision Intelligent Instrumentation (Harbin Institute of Technology), Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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    Ruitao Yang, Hao Sun, Pengcheng Hu, Hongxing Yang, Haijin Fu, Liang Yu, Xu Xing, Xuemei Ding, Jiubin Tan, "Real-time suppression of random phase drift for laser ranging with high-frequency intermode beats," Chin.Opt.Lett. 21, 041202 (2023)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Instrumentation, Measurement, and Optical Sensing

    Received: Oct. 11, 2022

    Accepted: Nov. 28, 2022

    Published Online: Apr. 10, 2023

    The Author Email: Pengcheng Hu (hupc@hit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202321.041202

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