CN202281835U - Submillimetre grade millimeter grade linearity tune laser range finding system - Google Patents

Abstract

The patent discloses a submillimetre grade millimeter grade linearity tune laser range finding system applied on laser range finding. The system of the utility model is composed of a linearity tune semiconductor laser, a 90:10 fiber coupler, an emission collimating mirror, a polarized polarization beam splitter mirror, a lambda/ 4 wave-plate, a receiving collimating mirror, four 50:50 fiber couplers, two balance detectors, a reference time-delay fiber, a data acquisition module and a signal processing program module. The submillimetre grade millimeter grade linearity tune laser range finding system is based on a wide range of linearity tune laser pulse signals, employs homodyne coherent detection and balance detection technique and finally utilizes special signal processing programs to calculate object distance information; the advantages are that the system is most based on fiber devices and has the advantages of high stability, a simple structure, high detection sensitivity and a long effect distance; the range finding resolution can reach a submillimeter grade.

Description

The linear tuning laser range measurement system of submillimeter level

Technical field

This patent relates to laser radar technique, specifically refers to linear tuning laser range measurement system of a kind of submillimeter level that is used to find range and signal processing method thereof.

Background technology

Current laser radar system can be divided into direct detection laser radar and coherent detection laser radar by the detection mode of echo.Direct detection is simple in structure; Use the most extensive; But can only draw the variation of laser energy; This system is that to come computed range

c through the time delay (Δ t) that measurement transmits and receives light signal be the light velocity; But resolution and must use the very high avalanche photodide of ultra narrow transponder pulse, high-speed sampling and sensitivity as detector about centimetre-sized, to requirement on devices than higher.Local oscillator light signal that the coherent detection utilization is continuous and echo are at the detector uppermixing, and detection sensitivity is high, and can draw echo frequency and phase change, in large-scale coherent laser radar and laser Doppler radar, is applied.

Can know that by the laser radar theory during power limited, the distance of being surveyed is far away more, wide big more when requiring pulse; And the range resolution that will realize is high more, and the bandwidth that then needs is big more, and the time wide bandwidth product of simple pulse approaches 1, the time wide and bandwidth mutual restriction, can not increase simultaneously.So to the simple laser pulse of this constant wavelength, maximum operating range and range resolution can not be taken into account simultaneously.Best solution is exactly, and adopts to have that wide sophisticated signal form with big bandwidth is used as transmitting when big.

Signal theory points out for a long time, and the transmitting of wide and bandwidth when big must be used complicated modulation waveform.Commonly used have three kinds of forms: linear frequency modulation, nonlinear frequency modulation and phase encoding modulation.Because linear FM signal (LFM signal, i.e. chirp signal) is easy to produce, be convenient to processing, insensitive to Doppler shift, so its application is the widest.Microwave radar has had successful application, in like manner, uses for reference microwave radar, and some New Systems have also appearred in laser radar, comprise linear frequency modulation continuous wave (LFMCW) laser radar, pseudo-random code phase modulation laser radar and chirp signal amplitude modulation laser radar etc.

Pseudo-random code phase modulation laser radar is owing to receive the responsive and too high restriction of distance compression secondary lobe of Doppler, and the laser radar of this system is used rare research; The signal source modulation of nonlinear frequency modulation laser is comparatively complicated, and research is also seldom arranged.

Though chirp signal amplitude modulation laser radar progress is bigger; But because it is on amplitude, to realize the chirp signal modulation; And generally adopt the mode of acoustooptic modulation; Modulation band-width is the light velocity generally about 200MHz because range resolution equals

c, and B is a modulation band-width; Its respective distances resolution is 0.75m, is difficult to realize that the modulation of big bandwidth has just limited the raising of its range resolution.

Modes such as the linear frequency modulation continuous wave laser radar can adopt multiple modulation system, and acoustooptic modulation, electrooptical modulation and linearity are tuning.Acoustooptic modulation such as above-mentioned, its modulation band-width is smaller; The modulation band-width of electrooptical modulation is directly relevant with the size of voltage, owing to receive the maximum withstand voltage restriction of core devices (nonlinear crystal), the bandwidth ratio acoustooptic modulation of modulation is also little; And adopt the linear tuning modulation that can realize tens nm scopes easily, and corresponding bandwidth is exactly the THz magnitude, and theoretical resolution can reach submillimeter level even littler.Because laser instrument export resonance wavelength is the laser of λ; Must satisfy the standing-wave condition of the long L=n λ in chamber (n is the sequence number of laser instrument longitudinal mode); So the principle of work of semiconductor tunable laser is long through the chamber of regulating laserresonator of stretching of control piezoelectric ceramics, thereby realize adjusting the function of wavelength.Though wavelength is a linear change; Frequency

c is the light velocity; Then frequency is inevitable is not linear change; But because the frequency ratio of optical band is higher, regard linear change as, still can carry out analyzing and processing according to the radar of common linear frequency modulation (warbling) signal so frequency can be similar to; But must add suitable nonlinear frequency modulation error compensation, this also is the problem that this patent will solve.

No matter system adopts the carrier wave of which kind of form; No matter adopt which kind of modulation system, the signal that obtains big bandwidth is a final objective, makes a general survey of all systems; The bandwidth that adopts the linear tuned laser of semiconductor to obtain is maximum; General wavelength tuning can be realized between 1550～1630nm tuning very easily, and it is tuning that for example this patent has only selected to carry out between 1550～1560nm linearity, and purpose is to make the sampling rate of system be unlikely to too high.At present there has been the Wavelength tunable laser of multiple model in NewFocus company, and tuned speed has 20nm/s, and 100nm/s is also arranged, and that this patent adopts is exactly 20nm/s.Therefore increasing sampling rate to satisfy under the situation about requiring of finding range, the bandwidth of this system can also continue to increase, and respective distances resolution also can continue to increase.This patent has been to solve the echo channel phase error compensation method of this linear tuning manner, and is compensatory approach adaptively, relies on the method for digital signal processing, makes the above big bandwidth mode of this THz be able to use.

Summary of the invention

The purpose of this patent is to be the linear frequency modulation continuous wave radar in the coherent detection laser radar technique, refers in particular to the linear tuning radar that can realize super large bandwidth (THz level) signal, proposes a kind of its echo channel phase error that can make and is able to adaptive equalization; Realize the frequency spectrum compression of signal; Also be the system of pulse compression, thereby realize the high resolving power truly of corresponding bandwidth, the linear tuning pulse of adopting semiconductor laser directly to launch; Need not to carry out other modulation; Based on separating the pulse compression technique that line is transferred frequently, utilize phase error adaptive equalization program, in conjunction with the information of reference channel data the echo channel data are carried out phase error compensation; Frequency domain compression excess of export burst pulse in the echo channel data; The position of pulse is corresponding one by one with distance, realizes the range observation of high score rate, also just makes the radar of this form really to use.And this system also inherited the advantage of laser radar, and range resolution does not increase with distance and reduces.

The linear in time tuning pulse signal of wavelength after emission, echoed signal with exist between the echo local oscillation signal of fine delay one with the corresponding time-delay of distance, owing to the wavelength tuning chirp signal; Also can be similar to and regard linear FM signal as; Frequency is linear change in time, and therefore through after the relevant mixing, fixing time-delay converts fixing frequency difference into; Through detecting frequency difference; That is to say the corresponding frequency location of peak value in the frequency spectrum, thereby just can obtain the echo time-delay, and then obtain target range." frequency-time " expression formula of chirp signal is (sawtooth wave, promptly frequency is only linear in time in the monocycle descends):

$f\left(t\right)=f_c-\frac{B}{T}t=f_c-K_r\·t,$ (0≤t≤T)(1)

f _cBe the initial frequency of chirp signal, B is the bandwidth of chirp signal, and T is the cycle of chirp signal change of frequency, K _rBe the linear frequency modulation rate.Then original chirp signal is:

$p\left(t\right)=E_s\mathrm{rect}\left(\frac{t}{\mathrm{\&tau;}}\right)\exp \{-\mathrm{<figure-callout\; id="2"\; label="j"\; filenames="HDA0000099713840000011.png,HDA0000099713840000021.png"\; state="\{\{state\}\}">j</figure-callout>}2\mathrm{\&pi;}[\&Integral;f\left(t\right)\mathrm{dt}\left]\right\}=E_s\mathrm{rect}\left(\frac{t}{\mathrm{\&tau;}}\right)\exp [-\mathrm{<figure-callout\; id="2"\; label="j"\; filenames="HDA0000099713840000011.png,HDA0000099713840000021.png"\; state="\{\{state\}\}">j</figure-callout>}2\mathrm{\&pi;}(f_{c}t-{\mathrm{<figure-callout\; id="2"\; label="K\; r\; t"\; filenames="HDA0000099713840000011.png,HDA0000099713840000021.png"\; state="\{\{state\}\}">K</figure-callout>}}_r\frac{t^{}}{}\frac{{}^2}{2})]---\left(2\right)$

Through a segment distance, the echoed signal behind the time-delay Δ ts is:

$s\left(t\right)=E_s\mathrm{rect}\left(\frac{t-\mathrm{\&Delta;ts}}{\mathrm{\&tau;}}\right)\exp \{-\mathrm{<figure-callout\; id="2"\; label="j"\; filenames="HDA0000099713840000011.png,HDA0000099713840000021.png"\; state="\{\{state\}\}">j</figure-callout>}2\mathrm{\&pi;}[f_c(t-\mathrm{\&Delta;ts})-K_r\frac{{(t-\mathrm{\&Delta;ts})}^2}{2}\left]\right\}---\left(3\right)$

Through the less specific echo local oscillation signal that prolongs Δ tl be:

$L\left(t\right)=E_s\mathrm{rect}\left(\frac{t-\mathrm{\&Delta;tl}}{\mathrm{\&tau;}}\right)\exp \{-\mathrm{<figure-callout\; id="2"\; label="j"\; filenames="HDA0000099713840000011.png,HDA0000099713840000021.png"\; state="\{\{state\}\}">j</figure-callout>}2\mathrm{\&pi;}[f_c(t-\mathrm{\&Delta;tl})-K_r\frac{{(t-\mathrm{\&Delta;tl})}^2}{2}\left]\right\}---\left(4\right)$

Wherein, Time-delay is all corresponding with distance, i.e. signal lag local oscillator time-delay

Obtain by formula (3) and (4), be balanced the detector heterodyne reception after echoed signal and the mixing of echo local oscillation signal, can obtain the difference frequency of two signals:

S _IF(t)＝E _{IF_S}?cos[2πK _r(Δts-Δtl)(t-Δtl)+2πf _c(Δts-Δtl)-πK _r(Δts-Δtl) ²](5)

The echoed signal frequency values is:

$f_s=K_r(\mathrm{\&Delta;ts}-\mathrm{\&Delta;tl})=\frac{2K_r}{c}(R_s-R_l)---\left(6\right)$

So, theoretic range resolution:

${\mathrm{\&rho;}}_r=\mathrm{\&delta;}\left(\mathrm{\&Delta;R}\right)=\frac{c}{2K_r}\&CenterDot;\mathrm{\&delta;}\left(f_s\right)=\frac{c}{2K_r}\&CenterDot;\frac{1}{T}=\frac{c}{2B}---\left(7\right)$

The two-part phase constant item in back does not influence frequency in the formula (5), does not therefore influence the measurement of distance yet.

Visible by formula (5), can obtain the range information of the single frequency value of corresponding (6) in theory.But because the laser tuning pulse of adopting is that wavelength linear is tuning; Frequency

is inversely proportional to wavelength; And above-mentioned analysis is that the supposition frequency is a linear change, and this certainly exists the error of nonlinear frequency modulation; And because this through regulating the semiconductor laser that chamber length is adjusted the oscillation light wavelength, in fact regulate wavelength and will exist non-linearly, also can bring a little nonlinear frequency modulation error.These two factors have caused having comprised in the final formula (5) phase error of various orders (secondary and more than the secondary).

Because the existence of these phase errors; Make the phase place of the middle simple signal of formula (5) become non-linear; Therefore not single burst pulse just in frequency field; Can't obtain the frequency burst pulse peak value of correspondence

; But be the frequency range that non-constant width is contained at the center with the theoretical peak; So the theoretical burst pulse on the frequency spectrum just by broadening a lot of a lot, cause the non-constant of frequency resolution, the resolution characteristic of respective has also deteriorated into obsolete stage.

Therefore this patent has proposed a kind of system that can really bring into play the advantage of the big bandwidth of wavelength tuning semiconductor laser---the linear tuning laser range measurement system of submillimeter level; And rely on this system; Realized a kind of effective signal processing algorithm program; Its core concept is a differential concept, adopts the reference channel with fixed delay, nonlinear frequency modulation phase error that this passage comprises and echoed signal passage closely similar; So compensate the phase error that the echoed signal passage is comprised with it; And the delay length of reference channel do not need the echoed signal passage measured apart from priori, belong to a kind of self-adapting compensation method, also can subtractive (5) in the two-part phase constant item in back; Compensation effect is very good; Can eliminate the phase error of echoed signal passage basically, near the high resolving power of theoretical value , this patent system can realize submillimeter level resolution at present basically in realization.The reference channel design is of formula (8):

The reference delay signal that postpones Δ tr through particular fixed is:

$R\left(t\right)=E_r\mathrm{rect}\left(\frac{t-\mathrm{\&Delta;tr}}{\mathrm{\&tau;}}\right)\exp \{-\mathrm{<figure-callout\; id="2"\; label="j"\; filenames="HDA0000099713840000011.png,HDA0000099713840000021.png"\; state="\{\{state\}\}">j</figure-callout>}2\mathrm{\&pi;}[f_c(t-\mathrm{\&Delta;tr})-K_r\frac{{(t-\mathrm{\&Delta;tr})}^2}{2}\left]\right\}---\left(8\right)$

The reference local oscillator signal is the same with the echo local oscillator, all is the signal (less specific delays Δ tl) that separates through a 50:50 coupling mechanism:

$L\left(t\right)=E_s\mathrm{rect}\left(\frac{t-\mathrm{\&Delta;tl}}{\mathrm{\&tau;}}\right)\exp \{-\mathrm{<figure-callout\; id="2"\; label="j"\; filenames="HDA0000099713840000011.png,HDA0000099713840000021.png"\; state="\{\{state\}\}">j</figure-callout>}2\mathrm{\&pi;}[f_c(t-\mathrm{\&Delta;tl})-K_r\frac{{(t-\mathrm{\&Delta;tl})}^2}{2}\left]\right\}---\left(9\right)$

Wherein, Time-delay is all corresponding with distance, promptly with reference to time-delay

local oscillator time-delay

Obtain by formula (8) and (9), be balanced the detector heterodyne reception behind reference delay signal and the reference local oscillator signal mixing, can obtain the difference frequency of two signals:

R _IF(t)＝E _{IF_R}·cos[2πK _r(Δtr-Δtl)(t-Δtl)+2πf _c(Δtr-Δtl)-πK _r(Δtr-Δtl) ²](10)

With reference to the time delayed signal frequency values be:

$f_r=K_r(\mathrm{\&Delta;tr}-\mathrm{\&Delta;tl})=\frac{2K_r}{c}(R_r-R_l)---\left(11\right)$

The core concept of self-adapting compensation method is based on the difference theory, and the said signal of formula (10) is gathered, and obtains reference channel signal data (being made as B); The said signal of formula (5) is gathered; Obtain echo channel signal data (being made as A); The phase error that the two was comprising very similar (size for linear relationship) distributes, and just can utilize the phase error of reference channel data to compensate the phase error that the echo channel data are comprised.Main process is following:

1. earlier the data of echo channel signal data A and reference channel signal data B are added the Hamming window w (t) isometric with data length, obtain the echo channel data after the windowing:

A ₁＝A×w(t)(12)

With the reference channel data:

B ₁＝B×w(t)(13)

When 2. utilizing-the echo channel data A of frequency analysis after the windowing ₁In extract phase place distribution in time

Reference channel data B after the windowing again ₁In extract phase place distribution in time

3. with data B ₁Phase place

Deduct the PHASE DISTRIBUTION of desired reference passage and obtain reference channel

Wherein: the PHASE DISTRIBUTION of desired reference passage is:

In the formula: K _rBeing the linear frequency modulation coefficient, is a constant for particular system, T is the time width of tuning pulse signal, and B is a signal bandwidth, B=c/ λ-c/ λ 2, λ ₁Be the initial wavelength of laser tuning, λ ₂Be the termination wavelength of laser tuning, c is the light velocity; R _rFor with reference to the light path in the time delay optical fiber, equal with reference to the length of time delay optical fiber and the product of optical fibre refractivity 1.5.

4. phase error is distributed

Multiply by a change of scale factor ξ, ξ is certain number between 0～1, and the phase error that obtains after the conversion distributes

Take data A ₁PHASE DISTRIBUTION

The phase error that deducts after the conversion distributes

Echo channel data A after promptly being compensated ₁PHASE DISTRIBUTION:

5. the echo channel data A after the compensation ₁PHASE DISTRIBUTION With original echo channel data A ₁Amplitude distribution A _Abs(t), be combined into echo channel data C after the compensation:

6. the echo channel data C after the compensation is carried out Fourier transform, and calculates sharpening function S (ξ) value:

Wherein

is the Fourier transform to

, || be the delivery value;

7. change change of scale factor ξ, 4.-6. calculated the value of sharpening function again by step, circulation is found out and is made pairing ξ when sharpening function has maximal value _Max, and utilize this ξ _Max, obtain the echo after the final compensation

8. again the echo channel data D after the final compensation is carried out Fourier transform, obtain spectrogram, the spectrogram of this moment has the peak value corresponding with target range; And each peak value is very narrow; Very high frequency resolution is arranged,, calculates the distance R of target by the frequency location f at peak value place in the spectrogram:

$R=\frac{f\&CenterDot;c}{2K_r}---\left(20\right)$

In theory, the change of scale factor at sharpening function peak value place should equal the ξ value car following-theory value that the signal handler in this patent calculates and coincide.

In view of the above, this patent proposes the linear tuning laser range measurement system of a kind of submillimeter level, and like Fig. 1, system's ingredient and function are following:

1. emission and local oscillator light path: by linear tunable semiconductor lasers 1,90:10 fiber coupler 2, emission collimating mirror 3, polarize beam splitter 4, λ/4 wave plate 5, receive collimating mirror 6 and form.The laser beam S of laser instrument 1 output ₀Be divided into two parts through 90:10 fiber coupler 2, a part is designated as S as bias light ₁, another part is designated as S as emission light ₂, S ₂Through collimating mirror 3 emissions, during through polarize beam splitter 4, part reflection, another most of transmission, S ₂Transmissive part laser is through behind λ/4 wave plates 5, and the laser light polarization direction converts circular polarization into by linear polarization, shines on the target 16 through the free space path; Bias light S ₁I7 is divided into local oscillator light S through the 50:50 fiber coupler ₃With reference light S ₄Two parts, local oscillator light S ₃II8 is divided into echo local oscillator light S through the 50:50 fiber coupler _3-1With reference local oscillator light S _3-2

2. echo receiving light path: 16 couples of S of target ₂The reflection of transmissive part laser signal, the flashlight that reflects is designated as echoed signal R ₀Process, it changes linearly polarized light into after through λ/4 wave plates 5, and the polarization direction is vertical through the polarization direction before λ/4 wave plates 5 during with emission, during through polarize beam splitter 4, echoed signal R ₀Most of light is reflected, and be coupled in the optical fiber through receiving collimating mirror 6 reflecting part, is designated as echo received signal

3. coherent detection and balance detection light path: comprise two passages altogether.The one,, echo received signal R ₁With echo local oscillator light S _3-1Be coupled after getting into 50:50 fiber coupler III9, mixing takes place, surveyed reception by echo channel balance detection device 11, light signal converts electric signal into, is designated as echo channel signal data A; The 2nd,, reference light S ₄Through one section with reference to time delay optical fiber 13 back and reference local oscillator light S _3-2Get into 50:50 fiber coupler IV10 again, be coupled, mixing takes place, surveyed reception by reference channel balance detection device 12, light signal converts electric signal into, is designated as reference channel signal data B.

4. data acquisition module 14: adopt the PXI data collecting card, two-way balance detection device output signal Synchronization is gathered.

5. the signal handler module 15: according to systematic parameter; Utilize reference channel data B that echo channel data A is carried out nonlinear frequency modulation phase error compensation adaptively; Echo data after will compensating again carries out Fourier transform, obtains frequency spectrum, calculates the distance of target according to spectrometer.

The concrete workflow of the linear tuning laser range measurement system of submillimeter level is following:

The laser beam S of laser instrument 1 output ₀Be divided into two parts through 90:10 fiber coupler 2, a part is designated as S as bias light ₁, another part is designated as S as emission light ₂, S ₂Through collimating mirror 3 emissions, during through polarize beam splitter 4, part reflection, another part transmission, S ₂Transmissive part laser is through behind λ/4 wave plates 5, and the laser light polarization direction converts circular polarization into by linear polarization, is transmitted on the target 16 through the free space path; Bias light S ₁I7 is divided into local oscillator light S through the 50:50 fiber coupler ₃With reference light S ₄Two parts, local oscillator light S ₃II8 is divided into echo local oscillator light S through the 50:50 fiber coupler _3-1With reference local oscillator light S _3-2

16 couples of S of target ₂The reflection of transmissive part laser signal, the flashlight that reflects is designated as echoed signal R ₀Process, it changes linearly polarized light into after through λ/4 wave plates 5, and the polarization direction is vertical through the polarization direction before λ/4 wave plates 5 during with emission, during through polarize beam splitter 4, echoed signal R ₀Most of light is reflected, and be coupled in the optical fiber through receiving collimating mirror 6 reflecting part, is designated as echo received signal R ₁

Echo received signal R ₁With echo local oscillator light S _3-1Be coupled after getting into 50:50 fiber coupler III9, mixing takes place, surveyed reception by echo channel balance detection device 11, light signal converts electric signal into, is designated as echo channel data A; Reference light S ₄Through one section with reference to time delay optical fiber 13 back and reference local oscillator light S _3-2Get into 50:50 fiber coupler IV10 again, be coupled, mixing takes place, surveyed reception by reference channel balance detection device 12, light signal converts electric signal into, is designated as reference channel data B;

The data of two passages are admitted to data acquisition module 14, gather the electric signal of two balance detection device outputs simultaneously; Entering signal processing module 15, this module is handled echo channel data A and reference channel data B, finally obtains the range data of target, and concrete steps are following:

1. the data to echo channel data A and reference channel data B add the Hamming window w (t) isometric with data length, obtain the echo channel data after the windowing:

A ₁＝A×w(t)(21)

With the reference channel data:

B ₁＝B×w(t)(22)

When 2. utilizing-the echo channel data A of frequency analysis after the windowing ₁In extract phase place distribution in time

Reference channel data B after the windowing again ₁In extract phase place distribution in time

3. with data B ₁Phase place

Deduct the PHASE DISTRIBUTION of desired reference passage and obtain reference channel data B ₁Phase error distribute:

Wherein: the PHASE DISTRIBUTION of desired reference passage

is:

In the formula: K _rBeing the linear frequency modulation coefficient, is a constant for particular system,

T is the time width of tuning pulse signal, and B is a signal bandwidth, B=c/ λ ₁-c/ λ ₂, λ ₁Be the initial wavelength of laser tuning, λ ₂Be the termination wavelength of laser tuning, c is the light velocity; R _rFor with reference to the light path in the time delay optical fiber, equal with reference to the length of time delay optical fiber and the product of optical fibre refractivity 1.5.

4. phase error is distributed

Multiply by a change of scale factor ξ, ξ is certain number between 0～1, and the phase error that obtains after the conversion distributes

Take data A ₁PHASE DISTRIBUTION

The phase error that deducts after the conversion distributes

Echo channel data A after promptly being compensated ₁PHASE DISTRIBUTION:

5. the echo channel data A after the compensation ₁PHASE DISTRIBUTION

With original echo channel data A ₁Amplitude distribution A _Abs(t), be combined into echo channel data C after the compensation:

6. the echo channel data C after the compensation is carried out Fourier transform, and calculates sharpening function S (ξ) value:

Wherein

is the Fourier transform to , || be the delivery value;

7. change change of scale factor ξ, 4.-6. calculated the value of sharpening function again by step, circulation is found out and is made pairing ξ when sharpening function has maximal value _Max, and utilize this ξ _Max, obtain the echo channel data after the final compensation, be designated as the echo channel data D after the final compensation:

8. again the echo channel data D after the final compensation is carried out Fourier transform, obtain spectrogram, the spectrogram of this moment has the peak value corresponding with target range, by the frequency location f at peak value place in the spectrogram, calculates the distance of target:

$R=\frac{f\&CenterDot;c}{2K_r}---\left(29\right)$

The advantage of native system is:

1) system stability is good, and most of module of system all is optical fibre devices, and is better than Free Space Optics device anti-interference.

2) detection sensitivity is high, has adopted coherent detection and balance detection mode that light signal is carried out opto-electronic conversion, with respect to direct detection, has suppressed relative intensity noise, has bigger conversion gain, has improved detection sensitivity, low energy detection 10 in this experiment ^-10The echo power of w.

3) the signal processing module robustness is good, and range resolution is high, though have the big bandwidth of THz to be subject to big nonlinear frequency modulation error can not well realize pulse compression with conventional method drawback even if fundamentally solved linear tuned laser; In native system, realized the resolution of submillimeter level.

4) signal processing module has adaptivity, and the range information of undesired signal passage priori can carry out the Adaptive matching compensation according to specific reference channel, has bigger practical value.

5) distance accuracy is high, repeatedly measure, to survey the distance value variance very little.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the theory diagram of the linear tuning laser range measurement system of submillimeter level, and each several part is respectively:

1. linear tunable semiconductor lasers;

2.90:10 fiber coupler;

3. emission collimating mirror;

4. polarize beam splitter;

5. λ/4 wave plates;

6. reception collimating mirror;

7.50:50 fiber coupler I;

8.50:50 fiber coupler II;

9.50:50 fiber coupler III;

10.50:50 fiber coupler IV;

11. echo channel balance detection device;

12. reference channel balance detection device;

13. with reference to time delay optical fiber;

14. data acquisition module;

15. signal handler module;

16. target.

Fig. 2～8 are the linear tuning laser range measurement system of submillimeter level experimental result picture.

Embodiment:

The linear tuning laser range measurement system of submillimeter level is divided into following a few step to the distance measurement process of target:

1) setting laser device frequency tuning range and tuning speed are opened laser instrument 1, and laser instrument adopts NewFocus company semiconductor laser, wavelength 1550～1630nm; Peak power output 50mW1590nm, live width 30kHz (when 120 μ s postpone) sets initial wavelength 1550nm, stops wavelength 1560nm; Tuning speed 20nm/s triggers laser scans, and wide during laser tuning pulse (approximate chirped pulse) is 0.5s; Wavelength change is following, and preceding 0.5s is that linear wavelength rises, and ensuing 0.5s is 1560nm; Thereafter the linear wavelength of 0.5s descends, and thereafter 0.5s is that 1550nm is linear decline, circulation in this way again.Laser instrument is output as the fixing laser in polarization direction.The laser beam S of laser instrument 1 output ₀Be divided into two parts through 90:10 fiber coupler 2, fraction is designated as S as bias light ₁, another major part is designated as S as emission light ₂, S ₂Through collimating mirror 3 emissions, during through polarize beam splitter 4, part reflection, another part transmission, S ₂Transmissive part laser is through behind λ/4 wave plates 5; The laser light polarization direction converts circular polarization into by linear polarization; Be transmitted on the target 16 through the free space path, put emission collimating mirror 3, polarize beam splitter 4, λ/4 wave plate 5, receive collimating mirror 6 and fixing by Fig. 2 relative position;

2) target 16 stationkeeping;

3) the adjusting light path gets in the reception collimating mirror 6 light of target reflection; To transmit and receive all to adjust and aim at the mark; All very straight on the level of assurance light path and the vertical direction, last available horsepower meter measurement target behind collimating mirror reflects, again the luminous power of coupled into optical fibres; When luminous power is maximum, can think that light path reaches optimum;

4) after receiving collimating mirror 6, insert the fibre delay line of one section 500m, be used for the simulated target distance;

5) by Fig. 1 connect 50:50 fiber coupler I7,50:50 fiber coupler II8,50:50 fiber coupler III9,50:50 fiber coupler IV10, echo channel balance detection device 11, reference channel balance detection device 12, with reference to time delay optical fiber 13, connect the detector power supply;

6) open computing machine, detector output is inserted the PXI data collecting card input interface on the industrial computer, carry out the data acquisition of two passages;

7) utilize the data after 15 pairs of collections of signal handler module to handle computed range.

At chirp bandwidth B is 1.240694789THz, and wide when warbling is 0.5s, apart from 1.86m, is 120 microns according to formula (7) theory of computation range resolution.Certain experimental result picture that native system is implemented to differentiate to 3 distance objectives is shown in Fig. 2～6; As a comparison, certain experimental result picture of 2 distance objectives being implemented to differentiate is shown in Fig. 7～8.

Fig. 2 is the frequency spectrum of echo channel data A, the distance of the corresponding 1.5m of peak width, and resolution is very poor, almost can not be applied to distance and differentiate.Fig. 3 is the frequency spectrum of reference channel data B; Fig. 4 is exactly according to the resulting scale factor functional arrangement of formula (12), and the corresponding horizontal ordinate 0.801 of peak value is exactly best scale factor here; Fig. 5 is according to the best scale factor 0.801; With the frequency spectrum of the echoed signal passage behind the phase error compensation that reference channel comprised, and horizontal ordinate (distance) converts according to formula (6) among Fig. 2 and Fig. 5, and horizontal ordinate among Fig. 3 (distance) converts according to formula (11).Fig. 6 is the figure after Fig. 5 is amplified along horizontal ordinate; By finding out that the horizontal ordinate position of three peak values is respectively 1.596m, 1.598m among the figure; 1.6m locate; Minimum amplitude also exceeds more than the background 10dB, and obviously find out the width of each peak value corresponding apart from width all less than 1mm, about 0.2mm.Explain that resolution characteristic has reached the submillimeter magnitude, be in close proximity to the theoretical resolution that calculates according to formula (7).Therefore with the method for this patent, can be so that tuning super large bandwidth (THz) system of wavelength linear be able to be applied to laser ranging.

Fig. 7 as a comparison and Fig. 8 are the design sketchs that two targets are differentiated, and for easy, only show signalling channel figure and enlarged drawing thereof after the compensation here, as can be seen from Figure 8 1.596m, and two peak values at 1.598m place, spike width is also less than 1mm (submillimeter).

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1. the linear tuning laser range measurement system of a submillimeter level; It comprises linear tunable semiconductor lasers (1), 90:10 fiber coupler (2), emission collimating mirror (3), polarize beam splitter (4), λ/4 wave plates (5), receive collimating mirror (6), 50:50 fiber coupler I (7), 50:50 fiber coupler II (8), 50:50 fiber coupler III (9), 50:50 fiber coupler IV (10), echo channel balance detection device (11), reference channel balance detection device (12), with reference to time delay optical fiber (13), data acquisition module (14) and signal handler module (15), it is characterized in that:

The laser beam S of linear tunable semiconductor lasers (1) output ₀Be divided into two parts through 90:10 fiber coupler (2), a part is designated as S as bias light ₁, another part is designated as S as emission light ₂, S ₂Through emission collimating mirror (3) emission, during through polarize beam splitter (4), part reflection, another part transmission, S ₂Transmissive part laser is through behind λ/4 wave plates (5), and the laser light polarization direction converts circular polarization into by linear polarization, is transmitted on the target (16) through the free space path; Bias light S ₁Be divided into local oscillator light S through 50:50 fiber coupler I (7) ₃With reference light S ₄Two parts, local oscillator light S ₃Be divided into echo local oscillator light S through 50:50 fiber coupler II (8) _3-1With reference local oscillator light S _3-2

Target (16) is to S ₂The reflection of transmissive part laser signal, the flashlight that reflects is designated as echoed signal R ₀, it changes linearly polarized light through λ/4 wave plates into after (5), and the polarization direction is vertical through the preceding polarization direction of λ/4 wave plates (5) with when emission, during through polarize beam splitter (4), echoed signal R ₀Most of light is reflected, and be coupled in the optical fiber through receiving collimating mirror (6) reflecting part, is designated as echo received signal R ₁

Echo received signal R ₁With echo local oscillator light S _3-1Be coupled after getting into 50:50 fiber coupler III (9), mixing takes place, surveyed reception by echo channel balance detection device (11), light signal converts electric signal into, is designated as echo channel signal data A; Reference light S ₄Through one section with reference to time delay optical fiber (13) back and reference local oscillator light S _3-2Get into 50:50 fiber coupler IV (10) again, be coupled, mixing takes place, surveyed reception by reference channel balance detection device (12), light signal converts electric signal into, is designated as reference channel signal data B;

The electric signal that data acquisition module (14) is gathered two balance detection device outputs obtains echo channel data A and reference channel data B, utilizes signal processing module (15) that echo channel signal data A and reference channel signal data B are handled the range data that obtains target then.

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