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Despite the free-running laser exhibiting an intrinsic chirp linearity of\n                    <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>lin<\/jats:sub>\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    below 0.99, the proposed method enables the generation of high-linearity THz-FMCW chirp signals at a sweep rate of 20.53\u2009GHz\/\u03bcs, with the chirp linearity markedly enhanced to\n                    <jats:italic>R<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>lin<\/jats:sub>\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    =0.9994. Furthermore, the generated high-linearity THz-FMCW chirp signals are applied to a Michelson interferometer ranging system, achieving a ranging error below 0.60\u2009cm and a signal-to-noise ratio exceeding 30\u2009dB. 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