Nonlinear calibration of frequency modulated continuous wave LIDAR based on a microresonator soliton comb
Linhua Jia, Yang Wang, Xinyu Wang, Fumin Zhang, Weiqiang Wang, Jindong Wang, Jihui Zheng, Jiawei Chen, Mingyu Song, Xin Ma, Meiyan Yuan, Brent E. Little, Sai Tek Chu, Dong Cheng, Xinghua Qu, Wei Zhao, Wenfu Zhang
Abstract
Traditional frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) LIDAR ranging is based on heterodyne detection, calculating unknown distance by extracting the frequency of the interference signal, while the main error source is frequency modulation (FM) nonlinearity. In this paper, a ranging system based on a microresonator soliton comb is demonstrated to correct the nonlinearity by sampling the ranging signals at equal frequency intervals, producing a ranging error lower than 20 µm, while at the range of 2 m. Advantages of fast data acquisition, light computation requirements, and a simple optical path, without long optical fiber, give this method a high practical value in precision manufacturing.