Applied Physics Letters · 2001 · 90 citations · 8 references
Natural SciencesElectrical EngineeringPhysicsOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsChaos TheoryLaser DiodesLaser OpticsLaser PhysicsOptical CoherenceSemiconductor LasersCoherence PropertiesLaser CoherenceRangingSemiconductor Laser DiodesUltrafast Pulse Generation
We demonstrate the use of a chaotic laser pulse train for high-precision ranging. The pulse train is produced by inducing coherence collapse in an AlGaAs semiconductor laser. Measurements of optical spectra, intensity autocorrelation functions, and ladar ranging are presented.
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