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Chirped lidar-radar for medical diagnostics
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Chirped lidar-radar for medical diagnostics

P.R Herczfeld, A.J.C Vieira and Y Li
2000 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference. Proceedings (Cat. No.00TH8522), pp 552-556
2000

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Biomedical optical imaging Chirp modulation Laser modes Laser tuning Medical diagnosis Microwave devices Microwave generation Optical modulation Optical sensors Signal generators
This paper concerns a chirped lidar-radar system for medical diagnostics. The microwave/millimeter wave modulated optical signal is generated by beating the output of two Nd:YVO/sub 4//MgO:LiNbO/sub 3/ single mode microchip lasers. The device can be tuned from DC to 100 GHz, with a sensitivity of 8.8 MHz/Volt at a chirping rate of over 1000 THz/sec.

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