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APPLIED OPTICS
Volume 39, Issue 30, Pages 5512-5517Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.005512
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A high-accuracy optical distance meter with a mode-locked femtosecond laser is proposed for distance measurements in a 310-m-long optical tunnel. We measured the phase shift of the optical beat component between longitudinal modes of a mode-locked laser. A high resolution of 50 mu m at 240-m distance was obtained without cyclic error correction. The group refractive index of air is automatically extracted to an accuracy of 6 parts per million (ppm) by two-color measurement with the pulses of fundamental and second-harmonic wavelengths. Finally, an absolute mechanical distance of 240 m was obtained to within 8-ppm accuracy by use of a series of beat frequencies with the advantage of a wide range of intermode frequency, together with the results of the two-color measurement. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 140.4050, 320.7160, 140.3510, 280.3400.
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