Electro-optic dual-comb interferometer for high-speed vibrometry
Journal article, 2017

© 2017 Optical Society of America. Electro-optic frequency comb generators are particularly promising for dual-comb spectroscopy. They provide a high degree of mutual coherence between the combs without resorting to complex feedback stabilization mechanisms. In addition, electro-optic frequency combs can operate at very high repetition rates, thus providing very fast acquisition speeds. Here, we exploit these two features to resolve the rapid movement of a vibrating target. Our electro-optic dual-comb interferometer is capable of combining time-of-fight information with a more precise interferometric measurement based on the carrier phase. This fact, previously demonstrated by stabilized femtosecond frequency combs, allows us to increase the precision of the time-of-flight measurement by several orders of magnitude. As a proof of concept, we implement a fiber-based vibrometer that offers sub-nanometer precision at an effective acquisition speed of 250 kHz. These results expand the application landscape of electro-optic dual-comb spectroscopy to laser ranging and other remote sensing measurements.

Author

Vicente Andrés Durán Bosch

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Elena Luiza Teleanu

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Victor Torres Company

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Optics Express

1094-4087 (ISSN) 10944087 (eISSN)

Vol. 25 14 16427-16436

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Subject Categories

Telecommunications

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

DOI

10.1364/OE.25.016427

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10/8/2017