Unfolding displacement measurement method for the aliasing interferometer signal of a wavelength-comb-swept laser

We demonstrate an unfolding displacement measurement method to overcome the aliasing problem of wavelength-comb-swept laser (WCSL). Compared to the conventional wavelength-swept laser (WSL), the WCSL exhibits an extended coherence length, owing to the narrowing spectral linewidth of the etalon filte...

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Published inOptics express Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 5789 - 5799
Main Authors Chun, Soo-Kyung, Jang, Hansol, Cho, Soon-Woo, Park, Nam Su, Kim, Chang-Seok
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 05.03.2018
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Summary:We demonstrate an unfolding displacement measurement method to overcome the aliasing problem of wavelength-comb-swept laser (WCSL). Compared to the conventional wavelength-swept laser (WSL), the WCSL exhibits an extended coherence length, owing to the narrowing spectral linewidth of the etalon filter. However, the aliasing interference signal induces an unexpected back-bounced phenomenon during displacement measurement because of the discretely distributed comb-like periodic spectra of the etalon filter. By using the dual-reference interferometry method, the back-bounced displacement measurement can be successfully unfolded to extend the measurement range by two times. In addition, we demonstrate a longer-range surface profiling image over 18 mm within the 200 mm of measurement range using a line-field beam of a parallel-swept source-optical coherence tomography system.
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ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/oe.26.005789