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Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 4, Issue 2, 026012(2025)

Ultrafast and precise distance measurement via real-time chirped pulse interferometry

Jiawen Zhi1, Mingyang Xu1, Yang Liu2, Mengyu Wang3, Chenggang Shao1、*, and Hanzhong Wu1,4、*
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  • 1Huazhong University of Science and Technology, PGMF and School of Physics, MOE Key Laboratory of Fundamental Physical Quantities Measurements, Hubei Key Laboratory of Gravitation and Quantum Physics, Wuhan, China
  • 2National Institute of Metrology, Beijing, China
  • 3Nanchang Hangkong University, Key Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information Perception and Instrumentation of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang, China
  • 4Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Applied Optics, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Changchun, China
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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Sep. 20, 2024

    Accepted: Jan. 23, 2025

    Published Online: Mar. 12, 2025

    The Author Email: Chenggang Shao (cgshao@hust.edu.cn), Hanzhong Wu (wuhanzhong@hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1117/1.APN.4.2.026012

    CSTR:32397.14.1.APN.4.2.026012

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