Title :
Range resolved, high resolution lidar using frequency chirped pulses
Author :
Piracha, Mohammad Umar ; Nguyen, Dat ; Mandridis, Dimitrios ; Ozdur, Ibrahim ; Yilmaz, Tolga ; Ozharar, Sarper ; Delfyett, Peter J.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
A lidar system with a resolution of 400 um and a range of 10 km in fiber is demonstrated using temporally stretched, frequency chirped pulses from a mode-locked laser.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; optical radar; LIDAR; frequency chirped pulses; mode-locked laser; wavelength 10 km; wavelength 400 mum; Chirp; Delay; Distributed feedback devices; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser radar; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Pulse modulation; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343264