WO2023020876A1 - Lasersystem zur entfernungsmessung und verfahren zur entfernungsmessung - Google Patents
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- a laser system for distance measurement and a method for distance measurement are specified.
- Systems with a laser are often used for distance measurements.
- An example of such systems are so-called lidar (light detection and ranging) systems.
- An area is scanned with a laser of the system and thus the distances to various objects in this area can be determined.
- Distance measurements are used, for example, in the field of autonomous driving.
- Another problem to be solved is to specify an efficient laser system for distance measurement. Another problem to be solved is to specify an efficient method for distance measurement.
- the laser system includes a laser.
- the laser can have a laser diode.
- the laser is designed to emit laser radiation during operation.
- the wavelength of the emitted laser radiation is arbitrary.
- the wavelength of the emitted laser radiation is preferably in the infrared range.
- the laser system comprises a beam splitter that is designed to divide laser radiation emitted by the laser into a first laser radiation and a second laser radiation, with the first laser radiation and the second laser radiation each having a portion of the include laser radiation emitted by the laser.
- the first laser radiation can be used for distance measurement. This means that the first laser radiation can be guided to other optical elements via a waveguide and then exit the laser system.
- the laser system is thus designed to emit the first laser radiation.
- the second laser radiation can be reference radiation, which is often referred to as a local oscillator.
- the laser system is constructed in such a way that at least the majority of the second laser radiation remains in the laser system.
- the beam splitter may include a mechanical mirror, a MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical system) mirror, an optical parametric amplifier, or a grating coupler.
- the laser can be connected to the beam splitter via a waveguide.
- laser radiation emitted by the laser can reach the beam splitter via the waveguide.
- the laser system includes a modulation module that is designed to change the intensity of the first laser radiation for the duration of a first time interval. This means that the modulation module is designed to modulate the intensity of the first laser radiation for the duration of the first time interval.
- the first laser radiation which emerges from the modulation module can have a different intensity than the first laser radiation which enters the modulation module.
- the modulation module is designed to increase or amplify the intensity of the first laser radiation for the duration of the first time interval.
- the modulation module is designed to reduce or weaken the intensity of the first laser radiation for the duration of the first time interval.
- the change in the intensity of the first laser radiation relates to points in time immediately before and/or after the first time interval or to the first laser radiation entering the modulation module.
- the laser system includes a detector.
- the detector can be designed to detect laser radiation.
- the detector can be a photodetector.
- the beam splitter is arranged between the laser and the modulation module.
- the beam splitter can be connected to the modulation module via a waveguide.
- first laser radiation via the waveguide get from the beam splitter to the modulation module.
- the laser system can thus have a total of at least two waveguides.
- the waveguides of the laser system can be single-mode fibers.
- the laser is designed to continuously emit laser radiation, the frequency of which changes at least during a second time interval. It is possible that the frequency of the emitted laser radiation changes periodically.
- the second time interval can correspond to a period.
- the laser is thus designed to continuously emit laser radiation whose wavelength changes at least during the second time interval. This means that the laser radiation emitted by the laser can be frequency modulated.
- the detector is set up to detect at least part of the first laser radiation, which was reflected on an object, and at least part of the second laser radiation.
- the laser system can be designed to emit at least part of the first laser radiation.
- the emitted first laser radiation can be reflected on an object in the vicinity of the laser system.
- the detector is designed to detect at least part of this reflected first laser radiation.
- the detector is set up to detect at least part of the second laser radiation.
- the second laser beam is aimed in the direction of the detector directed . This can be done using at least one mirror and at least one waveguide.
- the detector is thus set up to simultaneously detect reflected first laser radiation and second laser radiation impinging on it.
- the reflected first laser radiation and the second laser radiation are superimposed to form mixed radiation.
- the reflected first laser radiation and the second laser radiation can be brought together in at least one fiber coupler when entering the detector or in front of the detector.
- the detector can have at least one fiber coupler.
- the detector is designed to detect this mixed radiation.
- the laser system can have an optical element for coupling out the first laser radiation.
- the laser system can have a further optical element for coupling in the reflected first laser radiation.
- the laser system as a whole has an optical element for coupling out the first laser radiation and for coupling in the reflected first laser radiation. This means that the first laser radiation is coupled out of the laser system via the optical element and the reflected first laser radiation is also coupled back into the laser system via the optical element.
- the optical element has an optical circulator. This avoids superimposition of the first laser radiation and the reflected first laser radiation in the laser system.
- the laser system comprises a laser, a beam splitter which is designed to be separated from the laser dividing emitted laser radiation into a first laser radiation and a second laser radiation, the first laser radiation and the second laser radiation each comprising a portion of the laser radiation emitted by the laser, a modulation module which is designed to modulate the intensity of the first laser radiation for the duration of a first time interval to change, and a detector, wherein the beam splitter is arranged between the laser and the modulation module, the laser is adapted to continuously emit laser radiation, the frequency of which changes at least during a second time interval, and the detector is adapted to at least part of the first Laser radiation that was reflected on an obj ect, and to detect at least part of the second laser radiation.
- the laser system described here is based, among other things, on the idea that a distance to an object in the vicinity of the laser system and its relative speed in relation to the laser system can be determined at the same time.
- the intensity of the first laser radiation is changed in comparison to points in time outside of the first time interval.
- the laser system is designed to also continuously emit first laser radiation outside of the first time interval. For the portion of the first laser radiation that is emitted during the first time interval, the reflected first laser radiation also has a measurably changed intensity.
- the laser system is designed to continuously emit the first laser radiation.
- the frequency of the first laser radiation changes over time.
- the first time interval can lie in the second time interval.
- the first laser radiation, which exits the laser system is reflected on an object and returns to the laser system, has a longer propagation time than the second laser radiation emitted at the same time, which is only directed internally to the detector.
- the reflected first laser radiation and the second laser radiation which impinge on the detector at the same time, have different frequencies. Since the reflected first laser radiation and the second laser radiation are superimposed when they hit the detector, a beat occurs, ie a periodic change in the intensity of the detected mixed radiation.
- the beat frequency corresponds to the difference frequency, ie the difference between the frequency of the reflected first laser radiation and the frequency of the second laser radiation.
- the difference frequency can be determined using a Fourier transformation.
- the beat frequency is proportional to the travel path difference between the reflected first laser radiation and the second laser radiation. From this Path difference, the distance of the object from the laser system can be determined.
- the distance between the laser system and the object can be determined simultaneously or almost simultaneously in two different ways. This means that a redundant measurement of the distance is possible, which increases security. In addition, the redundant measurement can be used for an internal function test. However, determining the distance between the laser system and the object by measuring a single beat frequency only works for objects that are not relatively moving with respect to the laser system.
- the determination of the beat frequency enables the relative speed of the object, on which the first laser radiation was reflected, to be determined in relation to the laser system.
- the distance of this object from the laser system is already known from the distance measurement with the reflected first laser radiation with changed intensity.
- the difference frequency between the detected reflected first laser radiation and the detected second laser radiation i.e. the beat frequency, is made up of the contribution resulting from the difference in transit time between the reflected first radiation and the second laser radiation and the relative speed between the laser system and the object of the Doppler effect. Since the distance between the laser system and the object is already known here, the relative speed is the only unknown and can therefore be determined from the difference frequency. That means the relative speed corresponds to the difference between the detect the difference frequency and the difference frequency that would occur if the object were at the specified distance from the laser system and would not move relative to the laser system.
- the distance of the object from the laser system and its relative speed can thus advantageously be determined in just one measurement.
- only one laser and one detector are advantageously required for this.
- Another advantage is that errors can be independently detected and corrected by repeat measurements. For example, only a limited range of relative speeds is plausible in road traffic. If an implausible relative speed is determined, this can be classified as an error. In this case the measurement can be repeated.
- the laser system thus has a functional check, which increases safety.
- the laser system described here has particular advantages over conventional FMCW (Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Light) systems.
- FMCW Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Light
- a second measurement is required to determine the relative speed, which increases the measurement time required. If two objects are illuminated at the same time, a third measurement is also necessary in order to clearly assign the distances and relative speeds.
- only one measurement is required in most cases. The overall measuring time is therefore considerably shorter. This means that the laser system can be operated efficiently.
- the detector has a frequency filter.
- the frequency filter can be a bandpass filter.
- the frequency filter can be arranged in such a way that electromagnetic radiation hitting the detector hits the frequency filter before it is detected by the detector.
- the frequency filter can be connected in front of a detection area of the detector.
- the frequency filter can be less transparent than for the first laser radiation and the second laser radiation for electromagnetic radiation with frequencies which differ significantly from the frequencies of the first laser radiation and the second laser radiation.
- background radiation can be at least partially filtered out of the radiation impinging on the detector. This increases the accuracy of the measurement of the laser system.
- the detector has two sub-areas, each sub-area being set up to detect at least part of the first laser radiation that was reflected on the object and at least part of the second laser radiation.
- the two partial areas can be differential detectors.
- the signal detected by one of the sub-areas can be subtracted from the signal detected by the other of the two sub-areas. This eliminates background radiation from the surroundings of the laser system, ie electromagnetic radiation with a low frequency. This increases the accuracy of the measurement of the laser system.
- a beam splitter is connected in front of the two partial areas.
- the two partial areas can each be an AG-coupled photodiode.
- the modulation module is designed to change the intensity of the first laser radiation for the duration of the first time interval by a maximum of a factor of 10000 compared to the intensity of the first laser radiation impinging on the modulation module.
- the modulation module is designed to increase or decrease the intensity of the first laser radiation for the duration of the first time interval by a maximum factor of 10,000 compared to the intensity of the first laser radiation impinging on the modulation module.
- the intensity of the first laser radiation emitted by the modulation module during the first time interval is at most a factor of 10,000 higher than the intensity of the first laser radiation impinging on the modulation module.
- the intensity of the first laser radiation emitted by the modulation module during the first time interval is at most a factor of 10,000 lower than the intensity of the first laser radiation impinging on the modulation module.
- the measuring process can be repeated for several consecutive first time intervals.
- the intensity of the first laser radiation emitted by the laser system differs from 0 between the first time intervals.
- the laser system is thus designed to continuously emit first laser radiation outside of the first time interval. This enables the relative speed to be determined from the superimposition of the reflected first laser radiation and the second laser radiation.
- the modulation module is designed to reduce the intensity of the first laser radiation for the duration of the first time interval by a maximum of a factor of 100,000 in comparison to the intensity of the first laser radiation impinging on the modulation module.
- the modulation module is designed to reduce the intensity of the first laser radiation at at least some points in time outside of the first time interval compared to the intensity of the first laser radiation during the duration of the first time interval.
- the modulation module can be designed to absorb part of the first laser radiation impinging on the modulation module at least at some points in time outside of the first time interval.
- the intensity of the first laser radiation, which emerges from the modulation module at these points in time outside of the first time interval is reduced in comparison to the intensity of the first laser radiation impinging on the modulation module.
- the modulation module is also designed to absorb a smaller proportion of the first laser radiation during the first time interval than at at least some points in time outside of the first time interval.
- the intensity of the first laser radiation, which emerges from the modulation module during the first time interval, is therefore higher than the intensity of the first laser radiation, which emerges from the modulation module at least at some points in time outside of the first time interval.
- the intensity of the first laser radiation emerging from the modulation module is increased in a pulsed manner during the first time interval in comparison to at least some points in time outside of the first time interval.
- the intensity of the reflected first laser radiation is thus also increased in a pulse-like manner in a time interval. From the running time of First laser radiation with increased intensity can advantageously be used to determine the distance of the object from the laser system.
- the modulation module is designed to increase the intensity of the first laser radiation for the duration of the first time interval compared to the intensity of the first laser radiation impinging on the modulation module.
- the modulation module is designed to increase the intensity of the first laser radiation for the duration of the first time interval compared to the intensity of the first laser radiation impinging on the modulation module.
- the modulation module can have an amplifier which is designed to increase the intensity of the first laser radiation for the duration of the first time interval. It is thus achieved in a different way that the intensity of the first laser radiation is increased in a pulsed manner during the first time interval.
- the modulation module has an electro-optical modulator.
- the electro-optical modulator can be designed to absorb at least 40% of the first laser radiation at least at some points in time outside of the first time interval.
- the electro-optical modulator can be designed to absorb at least 50% and preferably at least 90% of the first laser radiation at at least some points in time outside of the first time interval.
- the electro-optical modulator can be designed to emit at most 20% or at most 10% of the first laser radiation during the first time interval absorb .
- the electro-optical modulator can be a Mach-Zehnder modulator or an absorbing electro-optical modulator. With the electro-optical modulator, the shape of the pulse-like increased intensity of the first laser radiation can advantageously be well controlled.
- An amplifier can be arranged downstream of the electro-optical modulator.
- the modulation module has an amplifier.
- the amplifier can be designed to increase the intensity of the first laser radiation for the duration of the first time interval compared to the intensity of the first laser radiation impinging on the modulation module.
- the amplifier can be a pulsed pumped amplifier, ie an amplifier which is excited at least by a pulsed pump laser.
- the first laser radiation impinging on the amplifier is amplified during the pump pulse.
- the laser system can have fewer components overall than when using an electro-optical modulator, since an amplifier is also required in most cases when using an electro-optical modulator.
- the laser system with an amplifier can be advantageously reduced in size.
- the laser system has a sensor for detecting the laser radiation emitted by the amplifier.
- the sensor can thus be arranged after the amplifier.
- the sensor can have a monitor detector diode. In this way it can be checked how high the output from the amplifier is emitted laser radiation is .
- the power of the laser radiation emitted by the amplifier can be reduced.
- the permitted limit value can depend on the maximum power permitted in road traffic or the maximum power permitted for people. In this way, people in the vicinity of the laser system can be protected from excessive or harmful power of the emitted laser radiation.
- the laser system has a waveguide for guiding the first laser radiation, the waveguide being at least 50 cm long.
- the waveguide can be a delay line or a fiber winding.
- the waveguide can be integrated into a photonic integrated circuit.
- the laser system includes the waveguide to extend the distance that the first laser radiation travels between the beam splitter and the detector. This also enables the detection of objects that are only a short distance from the laser system.
- the difference frequency between the reflected first laser radiation and the second laser radiation is very small for very short distances to the object. This means that the beat period is relatively large. In order to enable a reliable distance measurement, it is necessary that the first time interval is at least as long as a beat period.
- first time intervals are therefore required for short distances to the object.
- the shorter the first time interval the greater the precision of the distance measurement.
- the transit time of the reflected first Laser radiation increased. This means that the difference frequency is larger and the beat period is therefore smaller.
- the first time interval can thus be shorter in this case, which advantageously increases the precision of the distance measurement.
- Another way to increase the difference frequency is to increase the frequency deviation of the laser.
- the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser changes linearly over time during the second time interval.
- the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser can increase or decrease linearly during the second time interval. Such a rise or fall is often referred to as a chirp. Changing the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser enables a beat frequency to be detected, from which the relative speed of the object can be determined.
- the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser changes by at least 500 MHz overall during the second time interval.
- the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser preferably changes overall by at least 1 GHz, particularly preferably by at least 2 GHz or by at least 5 GHz, during the second time interval.
- the duration of the first time interval is at least 1 ns and at most 200 ns.
- the duration of the first time interval can be longer than for measuring longer distances.
- the duration of the first time interval is preferably at least 2 ns or at least 10 ns.
- the duration of the first time interval is at most 100 ns, for example.
- the duration of the first time interval can be adapted to the expected distance of the object. If a greater distance to the object is expected, the first time interval can be shorter. If a shorter distance to the object is expected, the first time interval can be longer. Thus, the length of the first time interval can be different for different measurements.
- the power of the first laser radiation in the first time interval can be adapted to the length of the first time interval. Thus, the power can be higher with shorter first time intervals than with longer first time intervals. The entire power is thus limited to a permissible or predeterminable limit value. With higher powers of the first laser radiation, the range of the distance measurements is increased.
- the duration of the second time interval is at least 1 ps and at most 100 ps.
- the duration of the second time interval should be longer than the expected propagation time of the first laser radiation to the object and back to the laser system. A beat can only be measured after this running time. For that you have to go to this Time the second time interval still last, so that the beating occurs.
- the second time interval should not end immediately when the reflected first laser radiation hits the detector, but there should still be time left for measuring the beat frequency. It follows from these requirements that the duration of the second time interval is at least 1 ps and at most 100 ps.
- a typical propagation time for the first laser radiation to the object and back to the laser system is about 2 ps.
- the second time interval can be at least 2 ps and at most 20 ps. This means that the distance to the object and the relative speed of the object can be measured in just a few microseconds.
- a method for distance measurement is also specified.
- the laser system for distance measurement can preferably be used in a method described here.
- a laser system described here is preferably used to carry out the method for distance measurement.
- all features disclosed for the laser system are also disclosed for the distance measurement method and vice versa.
- the method includes a method step in which laser radiation is continuously emitted by a laser.
- the laser system includes the laser.
- the method comprises a method step in which the laser radiation emitted by the laser is divided into a first laser radiation and a second Laser radiation is split, the first laser radiation and the second laser radiation each comprising a portion of the laser radiation emitted by the laser.
- the laser radiation emitted by the laser can be divided into the first laser radiation and the second laser radiation via a beam splitter.
- the method includes a method step in which the intensity of the first laser radiation is changed for the duration of a first time interval.
- the intensity of the first laser radiation can be changed by a modulation module during the first time interval.
- the method includes a method step in which at least part of the first laser radiation reflected by an object and at least part of the second laser radiation is detected with a detector.
- the object is arranged outside of the laser system.
- the laser system includes the detector.
- the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser changes at least during a second time interval.
- the method comprises the steps of continuously emitting laser radiation by a laser, dividing the laser radiation emitted by the laser into a first laser radiation and a second laser radiation, the first laser radiation and the second laser radiation each comprising a portion of the laser radiation emitted by the laser, changing the intensity of the first laser radiation for the duration of a first time interval, and detecting at least a portion of the first laser radiation which was reflected on an obj ect, and at least part of the second laser radiation with a detector, the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser changing at least during a second time interval.
- the method for distance measurement has the advantage, among other things, that, as described for the laser system, a distance to an object in the vicinity of the laser system and its relative speed in relation to the laser system can be determined at the same time.
- At least 40% of the first laser radiation is absorbed by an electro-optical modulator at least at some points in time outside of the first time interval, and at most 10% of the first laser radiation is absorbed by the electro-optical modulator during the first time interval.
- the laser system includes the electro-optic modulator.
- the absorption of the electro-optical modulator is thus lower during the first time interval than at least at some points in time outside of the first time interval.
- the intensity of the first laser radiation is increased by an amplifier during the first time interval compared to the intensity of the first laser radiation at at least some points in time outside of the first time interval. This means that the intensity of the first laser radiation is increased by the amplifier during the first time interval compared to the intensity of the first laser radiation impinging on the amplifier. This also causes the intensity of the first laser radiation to increase in a pulsed manner in the first time interval.
- the distance of the object from the detector is determined from the transit time of the first laser radiation with the changed intensity over the object to the detector.
- the signal detected by the detector is proportional to P R is the power of the second laser radiation hitting the detector, P(t) is the time-dependent reflected first laser radiation detected by the detector and Aw is the difference frequency.
- P R is the power of the second laser radiation hitting the detector
- P(t) is the time-dependent reflected first laser radiation detected by the detector
- Aw is the difference frequency.
- a speed of the object relative to the detector is determined from the determined distance and from the difference between the frequency of the second laser radiation and the frequency of the first laser radiation reflected on the object for the first laser radiation and the second laser radiation, which impinge on the detector simultaneously at a point in time outside the first time interval.
- the speed of the object relative to the detector or relative to the laser system is determined from the measured beat frequency.
- the signal detected by the detector is recorded and the beat frequency is determined using a Fourier transformation of the signal.
- the beat frequency can be measured after the reflected first laser radiation with changed intensity hits the detector. It is advantageous to provide the first time interval at the beginning of the second interval or near the beginning of the second time interval.
- the laser system includes the detector, it is possible here and in the following to determine the distance between the laser system and the object and the distance between the detector and the object. Next is it is possible to determine the relative speed between the laser system and the object and the relative speed between the detector and the object, since both relative speeds are the same.
- the distance of the object from the detector is determined from the difference between the frequency of the second laser radiation and the frequency of the first laser radiation reflected on the object for the first laser radiation and the second laser radiation, which occur simultaneously at a point in time outside the first time interval impinge on the detector.
- the distance is determined, as described above, using the beat frequency in the event that the object does not move relative to the detector.
- the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser increases linearly with time during the second time interval and the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser decreases linearly with time during a third time interval.
- the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser decreases linearly over time during the second time interval and the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser increases linearly over time during the third time interval.
- the third time interval can start immediately after the end of the second time interval.
- the distance of the object from the detector can be determined for the second time interval and for the third time interval from the beat frequency. This means that two difference frequencies are determined.
- the relative speed of the object results from the dif ference of the two determined difference frequencies.
- the distance of the object from the detector can be determined from the mean value of the two difference frequencies. It is also possible to use a measurement during the third time interval to assign different measured distances and relative speeds to different objects in the vicinity of the detector. If the first laser radiation is reflected by two or more objects in the vicinity of the detector, the different distances can be determined from the reflected first laser radiation with increased intensity and different difference frequencies are measured. In many cases it is possible to assign the measured distances to the respective measured relative speeds for reasons of plausibility. For example, certain distances and certain speeds can be excluded in road traffic. If an assignment is not possible unequivocally, for example in the case of two objects moving in opposite directions, this can be done via a measurement during the third time interval. The distances and relative speeds are determined as described above for the third time interval.
- the first time interval and the second time interval start at the same time or the first time interval starts at most 200 ns after the second time interval.
- the signal detected by the detector has a changed intensity at the beginning of the measured beat compared to the rest of the second time interval.
- This has the advantage that the entire remaining duration of the second time interval after the detection of the reflected first laser radiation with changed intensity for the measurement of beat frequency remains . This enables an accurate determination of the beat frequency, which increases the precision of the relative velocity measurement.
- the time in which the reflected first laser radiation is detected with a changed intensity cannot be used to measure the beat frequency.
- the end of the pulse with changed intensity in the detected signal thus advantageously marks the start of the measurement of the beat frequency.
- a large number of points are scanned with the method.
- a large number of points or areas in the vicinity of the laser system can be scanned with the method. This means that for a large number of points or areas in the vicinity of the laser system, the distance from one or more objects at these points or in these areas and their relative speeds are determined. Measurements for each point or area can be performed sequentially. A three-dimensional image of the surroundings of the laser system can thus advantageously be determined.
- FIG. 1 shows an arrangement for distance measurement.
- FIG. 2 shows a laser system according to one exemplary embodiment.
- FIG. 3 shows a laser system according to a further exemplary embodiment.
- FIGS. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 describe an exemplary embodiment of the distance measurement method.
- FIG. 1 shows an arrangement for distance measurement, which is not an exemplary embodiment.
- the arrangement has a laser 21 .
- the laser 21 is designed to emit laser radiation during operation.
- the laser radiation is represented by a line.
- the arrangement also has a beam splitter 22 .
- the beam splitter 22 divides the incident laser radiation into first laser radiation L1, which propagates further in the same direction as in front of the beam splitter 22, and second laser radiation L2, which is guided in the direction of a detector 24.
- the first laser radiation LI passes through an optical element 28 , is reflected on an object 29 and reaches the detector 24 through the optical element 28 .
- the optical element 28 can be rotated, which is shown with an arrow.
- the first laser radiation LI can thus be directed to different points or areas in the vicinity of the arrangement.
- the distance of the object 29 from the detector 24 can be determined via a transit time measurement. If the optical element 28 rotates, the distances to various objects in the vicinity of the arrangement can be determined.
- FIG. 2 shows a laser system 20 for distance measurement according to one exemplary embodiment.
- the laser system 20 includes a laser 21 .
- the laser 21 is designed to continuously emit laser radiation, the frequency of which changes at least during a second time interval Z2.
- the laser system 20 also includes a beam splitter 22 which is designed to divide laser radiation emitted by the laser 21 into a first laser radiation L1 and a second laser radiation L2.
- the first laser radiation LI and the second laser radiation L2 each comprise a portion of the laser radiation emitted by the laser 21 .
- a waveguide 27 in which the emitted laser radiation is guided, is arranged between the laser 21 and the beam splitter 22 .
- the laser system 20 also includes a modulation module 23 which is designed to change the intensity of the first laser radiation LI for the duration of a first time interval ZI.
- the modulation module 23 is designed to change the intensity of the first laser radiation LI for the duration of the first time interval ZI by a maximum factor of 10,000 compared to the intensity of the first laser radiation LI impinging on the modulation module 23 . This is achieved in that the modulation module 23 is designed to reduce the intensity of the first laser radiation LI at at least some points in time outside of the first time interval ZI compared to the intensity of the first laser radiation LI during the duration of the first time interval ZI.
- the modulation module 23 is connected to the beam splitter 22 via a waveguide 27 .
- the beam splitter 22 is thus arranged between the laser 21 and the modulation module 23 .
- the modulation module 23 has an electro-optical modulator 25 .
- An optical isolator 30 is optionally arranged between the beam splitter 22 and the modulation module 23 .
- the optical isolator 30 can have a Faraday filter. In this way, feedback of radiation into the laser 21 is avoided.
- the laser system 20 also has a waveguide 27 for guiding the first laser radiation LI, the waveguide 27 being at least 50 cm long.
- the waveguide 27 is thus a delay line.
- the waveguide 27 is connected to an output 31 of the modulation module 23 .
- the laser system 20 further includes an amplifier 26 .
- the amplifier 26 is connected to the waveguide 27 which is a delay line.
- the amplifier 26 is designed to amplify the intensity of the first laser radiation LI in a constant manner over time.
- Amplifier 26 may be a continuously pumped amplifier.
- the delay line is thus advantageously arranged in front of the amplifier 26 . This minimizes the absolute power losses.
- the positions of the modulation module 23 and the waveguide 27, which is the delay line, may be reversed.
- the laser system 20 also has an optical element 28 as shown in FIG. After passing through the optical element 28 , the first laser radiation LI emerges from the laser system 20 .
- the first laser radiation LI propagates up to an object 29 and is reflected on it.
- the reflected first laser radiation LI re-enters the laser system 20 via the optical element 28 .
- the laser system 20 further includes a detector 24 .
- the second laser radiation L2 is directed towards the detector 24 by the beam splitter 22 .
- the reflected first laser radiation LI is directed towards the detector 24 by the optical element 28 .
- the detector 24 is set up to detect at least part of the first laser radiation LI, which was reflected on the object 29, and at least part of the second laser radiation L2.
- the detector 24 is set up to detect a superimposition of the reflected first laser radiation L1 and the second laser radiation L2.
- the modulation module 23 has the amplifier 26, a pulsed pump laser.
- the optical isolator 30 is placed between the beam splitter 22 and the waveguide 27 which is the delay line.
- the modulation module 23 is arranged between this waveguide 27 and the optical element 28 .
- the modulation module 23 is designed to increase the intensity of the first laser radiation LI for the duration of the first time interval ZI compared to the intensity of the first laser radiation LI impinging on the modulation module 23 .
- the intensity is amplified by the amplifier 26 .
- FIGS. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 describe an exemplary embodiment of the distance measurement method.
- the frequencies of at least part of the laser radiation detected by the detector 24 are plotted over time.
- the time is plotted on the x-axis and the frequencies are plotted on the y-axis.
- the first line represents the frequency curve of the second laser radiation L2 impinging on the detector 24 .
- the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser 21 changes linearly over time during the second time interval Z2.
- the frequency of the second laser radiation L2 detected by the detector 24 also changes linearly over time.
- the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser 21 can change by at least 500 MHz overall during the second time interval Z2.
- the second line represents the frequency curve of the reflected first laser radiation LI impinging on the detector 24 .
- the first laser radiation LI with the lowest frequency has traveled a further distance to the detector 24 than the second laser radiation L2 with the lowest frequency.
- the second laser radiation L2 with the lowest frequency is thus detected earlier than the first laser radiation LI with the lowest frequency.
- the second laser radiation L2 is detected from a first point in time t1. From a second point in time t2, at which the detector 24 also detects the first laser radiation LI, the frequency of the detected second laser radiation L2 and the frequency of the detected first laser radiation LI have one difference on . As described above, the distance of the object 29 from the laser system 20 or the relative speed of the object 29 can be determined from this difference frequency.
- the difference frequency can be determined up to a third point in time t3.
- the third point in time t3 is given by the fact that the entire duration of the second time interval Z2 has elapsed since the first point in time t1.
- the second laser radiation L2 has a frequency jump. From the third point in time t3 it is no longer possible to determine the difference frequency.
- a second measurement is possible from a fourth point in time t4, at which point detector 24 again detects first laser radiation LI and second laser radiation L2, both of which were emitted by laser 21 during the same second time interval Z2.
- FIG. 5 shows the same measuring principle as in FIG. 4, with the difference that the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser 21 during the second time interval Z2 increases linearly with time and without a frequency jump, the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser 21 increases during a period of time directly subsequent third time interval Z3 linearly with time.
- the frequency of the detected first laser radiation LI and the frequency of the detected second laser radiation L2 therefore also initially increase linearly and then decrease linearly.
- the difference frequency can be calculated in the same way as with Figure 4 described between the second point in time t2 and the third point in time t3 and between the fourth point in time t4 and the fifth point in time t5.
- the intensity distribution of the first laser radiation LI is shown in the upper diagram in FIG.
- the time is plotted on the x-axis and the intensity is plotted on the y-axis.
- the intensity of the first laser radiation LI is increased compared to points in time outside of the first time interval Z I .
- the intensity pulse shown in the upper diagram would be rectangular, but in reality the intensity pulse has rise and fall times and any edge shapes, as shown in FIG.
- This intensity pulse is generated in that at least some points in time outside of the first time interval Z I at least 40% of the first laser radiation LI are absorbed by the electro-optical modulator 25 from the exemplary embodiment in Figure 2 and during the first time interval Z I at most 10% of the first laser radiation LI from the electro-optical modulator 25 are absorbed.
- the intensity pulse is generated in that the intensity of the first laser radiation LI during the first time interval Z I is increased by the amplifier 26 from the exemplary embodiment from FIG.
- the time is plotted on the x-axis and the frequency of the first laser radiation LI is plotted on the y-axis.
- the frequency of the first laser radiation LI increases linearly over time from the start of the first time interval ZI.
- Those in the top diagram and the bottom diagram Timelines shown show the same period. The time section shown is only part of the second time interval Z2.
- the signals shown in FIG. 6 are plotted for a longer period of time.
- the time is plotted on the x-axis and the intensity of the first laser radiation LI is plotted on the y-axis.
- the time is plotted on the x-axis and the frequency of the first laser radiation LI is plotted on the y-axis.
- a period of time is shown which is longer than the second time interval Z2.
- the duration of the first time interval Z I can be at least 1 ns and at most 200 ns.
- the duration of the second time interval Z2 can be at least 1 gs and at most 100 gs.
- FIG. 8 describes an exemplary embodiment of the method for distance measurement.
- laser radiation is continuously emitted by the laser 21 .
- the laser radiation emitted by the laser 21 is divided into the first laser radiation L1 and the second laser radiation L2 via a beam splitter 22 .
- the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser 21 changes linearly during the second time interval Z2.
- the detector 24 detects at least part of the first laser radiation LI, which was reflected on the object 29, and at least part of the second laser radiation L2.
- the solid line in the bottom diagram shows the frequency of the first laser radiation LI emitted by the laser system 20 over time. The time is plotted on the x-axis and the frequency of the first laser radiation LI on the y-axis.
- the frequency of the laser radiation emitted by the laser 21 changes linearly with time, also changes the frequency of the first laser radiation LI linearly with time.
- the frequency of the first laser radiation LI increases during the second time interval Z2 from a minimum value to a maximum value.
- the frequency of the first laser radiation LI rises again from the minimum value to the maximum value in the second time interval Z2 that follows directly thereafter.
- the broken line plots the frequency of the reflected first laser radiation LI detected at the detector 24 over time. Due to the propagation time of the first laser radiation LI from the laser system 20 to the object 29 and back to the laser system 20, the reflected first laser radiation LI has the same frequency curve as the first laser radiation LI emitted by the laser system 20 with a time offset.
- the upper diagram in FIG. 8 shows that the intensity of the first laser radiation LI is changed for the duration of the first time interval Z I .
- the time is plotted on the x-axis and the intensity of the first laser radiation LI is plotted on the y-axis.
- the solid line shows the intensity of the first laser radiation LI emitted by the laser system 20 .
- the intensity of the first laser radiation LI is significantly increased in comparison to points in time outside of the first time interval Z I .
- the first time interval Z I and the second time interval Z2 start simultaneously at a first point in time t1.
- the time axes shown in FIG. 8 show the same period.
- the broken line in the upper diagram shows the intensity of the reflected first laser radiation LI detected by the detector 24 .
- the intensity of The reflected first laser radiation LI is overall lower than the intensity of the first laser radiation LI emitted by the laser system 20 . This is due to losses in the intensity of the first laser radiation LI on the way away from the laser system 20 and towards the laser system 20 .
- the detector 24 detects an increased intensity of the detected laser radiation compared to points in time before and after the second point in time t2.
- the first laser radiation LI with the increased intensity which was emitted by the laser system 20 at the first point in time t 1 during the first time interval ZI, impinges on the detector 24 .
- the time difference between the first point in time t1 and the second point in time t2 corresponds to the propagation time of the first laser radiation LI from the laser system 20 to the object 29 and back to the laser system 20 .
- the distance of the object 29 from the laser system 20 can be determined from this transit time.
- the speed of the object 29 relative to the detector 24 or relative to the laser system 20 can now be determined from this determined distance and from the difference between the frequency of the second laser radiation L2 and the frequency of the first laser radiation LI reflected on the object 29 for the first laser radiation LI and second laser radiation L2, which impinge on the detector 24 simultaneously at a point in time outside the first time interval ZI.
- This determination of the relative speed takes place as described with FIG.
- the distance of the object 29 from the detector 24 can likewise be determined from the difference between the frequency of the second laser radiation L2 and the frequency of the first laser radiation LI reflected on the object 29 for the first laser radiation LI and the second laser radiation L2, which simultaneously impinge on the detector 24 at a point in time outside of the first time interval ZI.
- a large number of points in the vicinity of the laser system 20 can be scanned overall with the method.
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