Title :
Performance analysis for FMCW ranging using photon-counting detectors
Author :
Erkmen, Baris I. ; Dahl, Jason R. ; Barber, Zeb W.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
We analyze the performance of FMCW ranging with photon-counting detectors. We derive the Cramér-Rao bound, then determine the optimal fraction of signal-arm photons, given a fixed mean number of source-generated photons.
Keywords :
CW radar; FM radar; laser ranging; optical radar; photon counting; Cramér-Rao bound; FMCW ranging; frequency modulated continuous-wave systems; performance analysis; photon-counting detectors; signal-arm photons; source-generated photons; Detectors; Distance measurement; Frequency modulation; Maximum likelihood estimation; Nickel; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
