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Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 6, 1107(2024)

Transient long-range distance measurement by a Vernier spectral interferometry

Liang Xu^1,2, Kun Wang^1,2, Chen Liu^1,2, Wenying Chen^1,2, Chi Zhang^1,2、*, and Xinliang Zhang^1,2

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¹Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

²Optics Valley Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, China

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Paper Information

Category: Instrumentation and Measurements

Received: Dec. 5, 2023

Accepted: Mar. 19, 2024

Published Online: May. 7, 2024

The Author Email: Chi Zhang (chizheung@hust.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.515112

Topics

laser devices and laser physics

Lasers and Laser Optics

laser manufacturing

Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology