[OPTICAL REVIEW Vol. 6, No. 4 (1999) 372-377]
Measurement for Scattering Media by Synthesis of Optical Coherence Function with Super-Structure Grating Distributed Bragg Reflector Laser Diode
Zuyuan HE and Kazuo HOTATE*
Department of Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656 Japan
(Received March 5, 1999; Accepted April 19, 1999)
The application of the technique of synthesis of optical coherence function for detection in scattering media is investigated. By modulating the optical frequency, the technique synthesizes the coherence function into a delta-function-like peak at an arbitrary location, and thus can select interferometrically the information at that location. The location is adjustable by the modulation parameter or additional phase modulation. A multi-section super-structure grating distributed Bragg reflector laser diode (SSG-DBR-LD) of THz-order tunable range is employed to enhance the spatial resolution for suppressing the multiple scattering from locations other than that detected. In a preliminary experimental demonstration, a reflectometry of 550 μm spatial resolution was achieved and was used to detect scattering media.
Key words : optical reflectometry, optical scattering, optical coherence function, light frequency modulation, light phase modulation, super-structure grating distributed Bragg reflector laser diode