Hybrid lidar-radar system for ocean experimentation

Author

Mullen, L. ; Yost, T. ; Herczfeld, P.R. ; Allocca, D. ; Contarino, V.M.

Author_Institution

Center for Microwave-Lightwave Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

9-12 Oct 1995

Firstpage

305

Abstract

The merging of lidar and radar in the invention of a hybrid lidar-radar system has been shown to reduce incoherent backscatter clutter by 17 dB, with a corresponding enhancement of underwater target contrast. The success of these laboratory experiments led to the design of a system to be utilized in an ocean experiment. In the past, the main experimental restrictions in the full-scale realization have been the lack of a stable modulated transmitter and a large-area, high-speed optical receiver. Recent advances which have made these two components realizable for use in a hybrid system are detailed

Keywords

Q-switching; object detection; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; optical modulation; optical radar; optical receivers; pulse compression; pulse modulation; radar clutter; radar cross-sections; radar receivers; radar target recognition; radar transmitters; remote sensing by laser beam; remote sensing by radar; 3 GHz; clutter reduction; coherent detection; hybrid lidar-radar system; incoherent backscatter clutter; intensified photodiode detector; large-area high-speed optical receiver; microwave radar; modulated pulse lidar; ocean experimentation; stable modulated transmitter; underwater target contrast; Electromagnetic heating; High speed optical techniques; Laser radar; Oceans; Optical attenuators; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Radar detection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '95. MTS/IEEE. Challenges of Our Changing Global Environment. Conference Proceedings.

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-933957-14-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1995.526787

Filename

526787