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  • Vol. 16, Iss. 15 — Aug. 1, 1991
  • pp: 1195–1197

High-resolution distance measurement by dynamical spectral filtering of a superluminescent source

Valeria Gusmeroli and Mario Martinelli  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Letters, Vol. 16, Issue 15, pp. 1195-1197 (1991)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.16.001195


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Abstract

A nonincremental interferometer is shown in which the dynamical spectral filtering of a superluminescent source induces a broadband sinusoidal frequency modulation. The method reaches very high resolution limits in distance measurements (a theoretical expectation of 10-12 m/√Hz is obtained) while maintaining all the advantages of heterodyne phase-recovery processing. Comparison with other nonincremental interferometric approaches is given.

© 1991 Optical Society of America

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Valeria Gusmeroli and Mario Martinelli, "High-resolution distance measurement by dynamical spectral filtering of a superluminescent source," Opt. Lett. 16, 1195-1197 (1991)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-16-15-1195

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