• DocumentCode
    1123202
  • Title

    Detection Statistics for Laser Radar in Atmospheric Turbulence with Fluctuating Targets

  • Author

    Lachs, Gerard ; Miner, Mark C.

  • Author_Institution
    The Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pa. 16802
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1975
  • fDate
    3/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    234
  • Lastpage
    237
  • Abstract
    The probability of detection and false-alarm rates are developed for laser radar systems perturbed by background radiation, fluctuating targets, and atmospheric turbulence. In particular, some results on the decibel loss due to atmospheric turbulence are presented.
  • Keywords
    Fluctuations; Laser noise; Laser radar; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; Probability; Quantum mechanics; Radar detection; Radiation detectors; Statistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.1975.308063
  • Filename
    4101392