A new technique of optical ranging by a frequency-shifted feedback laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1772-1774

  Nakamura, Koichiro ^b   Miyahara, Toshiharu ^c   Yoshida, Masato ^b   Hara, Takefumi ^d   Ito, Hiromasa ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d Koden Electronics Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustooptic modulation; Frequency chirp; Frequency shifted feedback laser; Optical reflectometry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; FREQUENCIES; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL RADAR; REFLECTOMETERS;

FREQUENCY CHIRP; FREQUENCY SHIFTED FEEDBACK LASER; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0032289151     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.730498     Document Type: Article

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