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
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