Title : 
High resolution range measurement using lidar-radar concept
         
        
            Author : 
Morvan, Loic ; Dolfi, Daniel ; Huignard, Jean-Pierre ; Grange, Guillaume ; Normandin, Xavier ; Brunel, Marc
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Thales Res. & Technol., Orsay, France
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We investigate the utilisation of the dual-frequency lidar-radar concept for high resolution range measurements. Experimental results, leading to 17 cm resolution with a 200 μs laser pulse width, are presented.
         
        
            Keywords : 
high-speed optical techniques; laser ranging; optical radar; 17 cm; 200 mus; dual-frequency lidar-radar concept; high resolution range measurement; laser pulse width; lidar-radar concept; Doppler radar; Energy resolution; Frequency modulation; Laser radar; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Pulse modulation; Space vector pulse width modulation;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Microwave Photonics, 2004. MWP'04. 2004 IEEE International Topical Meeting on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-8491-1
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MWP.2004.1396854