Title :
Chirped pulse lidar using a mode locked laser source for metrology
Author :
Piracha, Mohammad U. ; Nguyen, Dat ; Ozdur, Ibrahim ; Delfyett, Peter J.
Author_Institution :
CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
A lidar system employing a train of oppositely chirped pulses is demonstrated to perform simultaneous Doppler velocimetry and submillimeter resolution ranging of a target moving at >;330 km/h with <;25 dB SNR at the receiver.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser velocimeters; optical radar; optical receivers; Doppler velocimetry; chirped pulse lidar; metrology; mode locked laser source; receiver; submillimeter resolution ranging; Chirp; Laser mode locking; Laser radar; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110742
