Title :
Sensitivity in Synthetic Aperture Ladar imaging
Author :
Barber, Zeb W. ; Dahl, Jason R.
Author_Institution :
Spectrum Lab., Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT, USA
Abstract :
Synthetic Aperture Ladar (SAL) imaging experiments show that cross-range compression, including image based phase error correction, can be performed at very low return light levels. This includes images where the precompression shot-noise-limited signal-to-noise ratio is much less than unity.
Keywords :
error correction; image coding; optical radar; radar imaging; shot noise; synthetic aperture radar; SAL imaging; cross-range compression; image based phase error correction; shot-noise-limited signal-to-noise ratio; synthetic aperture ladar imaging sensitivity; Apertures; Chirp; Electronics packaging; Fiber lasers; Imaging; Optical fiber polarization; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
