DocumentCode
689091
Title
Laser radar point-target localization at high photon efficiency
Author
Shapiro, Jeffrey H. ; Schneeloch, James ; Howland, Gregory A. ; Howell, John C.
Author_Institution
Res. Lab. of Electron., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Minimum error-probability laser radar point-target localization is analyzed, including the effects of dark counts, background counts, and target speckle. Results from preliminary table-top experiments are reported.
Keywords
optical radar; optical tracking; remote sensing by laser beam; speckle; background counts; dark counts; minimum error-probability laser radar point-target localization; photon efficiency; preliminary table-top experiments; target speckle; Arrays; Laser radar; Masers; Mutual information; Optical transmitters; Photonics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833472
Link To Document