DocumentCode
2230393
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
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5950238
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