Title :
A high resolution, chirped pulse lidar for simultaneous range and velocity measurements
Author :
Piracha, Mohammad Umar ; Nguyen, Dat ; Ozdur, Ibrahim ; Delfyett, Peter J.
Author_Institution :
CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
A lidar based on the coherent detection of oppositely chirped optical pulses is used to perform range measurements with sub-millimeter resolution and simultaneous velocity measurements. A target moving at 212km/h is tracked with 20dB SNR.
Keywords :
Doppler measurement; chirp modulation; laser velocimetry; optical radar; optical signal detection; optical tracking; velocity measurement; chirped optical pulses; chirped pulse lidar; coherent detection; laser Doppler velocimetry; noise figure 20 dB; optical tracking; submillimeter resolution range measurement; velocity 212 km/h; velocity measurement; Chirp; Laser radar; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
