Abstract

A coherent laser range finder based on optical phase modulation and phase shift measurement is presented. In the proposed laser range finder, the emitted laser is modulated by an electro-optic phase modulator using a 20 MHz sine signal, and the received laser is mixed with a local oscillator using a 90° optical hybrid. Compared with traditional laser phase shift range finders, the proposed laser range finder can measure the velocity and range at high precision simultaneously. An algorithm to calculate the range and velocity is deduced. Our preliminary experiments on moving targets indicate that when the measurement rate is 100 kHz, the root mean square errors of range and velocity, respectively, are $9.35 \times {10^{- 4}}\;{\rm m}$ and $4.74 \times {10^{- 4}}\;{\rm m/s}$.

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