• DocumentCode
    1144413
  • Title

    Photoelectric Detection of Coherent Light in Filtered Background Light

  • Author

    Helstrom, C.W.

  • Author_Institution
    University of California, San Diego la Jolla, Calif. 92037
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1971
  • Firstpage
    210
  • Lastpage
    213
  • Abstract
    The probability is calculated of detecting coherent light in the presence of background light that has passed through a narrow-band filter of either rectangular or Lorentz frequency characteristic. Both signal and background fall on a photoelectric surface whose emitted electrons are counted and subjected to a randomized decision procedure that yields a preassigned false-alarm probability.
  • Keywords
    Counting circuits; Electron emission; Filters; Frequency; Laser radar; Narrowband; Optical polarization; Passband; Probability; Surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAES.1971.310269
  • Filename
    4103677