Design of a high performance laser range finder

Author

Juyal, D.P. ; Gaba, S.P. ; Vasan, N.S.

Author_Institution

Instruments Res. & Dev. Establ., Dehradun, India

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

The design aspects of a high performance laser range finder capable of ranging targets up to 20 km with /spl plusmn/5 in accuracy are presented. The system features a forced air-cooled 5 Hz Nd:YAG laser transmitter and a 110 mm aperture optical receiver with threshold detection.

Keywords

laser ranging; military radar; optical radar; optical tracking; shot noise; target tracking; thermal noise; 20 km; Nd:YAG laser; Q-switched laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; accurate range measurement; artillery fire control; average false alarm rate; count error; design aspects; diffuse near-infrared reflectivity; extinction ratio; forced air-cooled laser transmitter; high performance; laser range finder; military tracking radars; minimum probability of detection; optical receiver; shot noise currents; thermal noise current; threshold detection; varying weather conditions; Background noise; Detectors; Laser radar; Optical design; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Pulse measurements; Radar detection; Radar tracking; Signal to noise ratio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiba, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967769

Filename

967769