Title :
Photoelectric Detection of Coherent Light in Filtered Background Light
Author_Institution :
University of California, San Diego la Jolla, Calif. 92037
Abstract :
The probability is calculated of detecting coherent light in the presence of background light that has passed through a narrow-band filter of either rectangular or Lorentz frequency characteristic. Both signal and background fall on a photoelectric surface whose emitted electrons are counted and subjected to a randomized decision procedure that yields a preassigned false-alarm probability.
Keywords :
Counting circuits; Electron emission; Filters; Frequency; Laser radar; Narrowband; Optical polarization; Passband; Probability; Surface emitting lasers;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.1971.310269
