• DocumentCode
    3561857
  • Title

    High-resolution ranging of a diffuse target at sub-millisecond intervals with a calibrated FMCW Lidar

  • Author

    Giorgetta, F.R. ; Baumann, E. ; Knabe, K. ; Coddington, I. ; Newbury, N.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a FMCW Lidar with a frequency-calibrated laser modulated over 1 THz at ~1 kHz modulation frequency. Range to a diffuse target is measured at 0.5 ms intervals with 150 μm resolution and ~1 μm precision. Work of the U.S. government, not subject to copyright.
  • Keywords
    CW radar; FM radar; laser ranging; optical radar; calibrated FMCW lidar; diffuse target; frequency 1 THz; frequency calibrated laser; high resolution ranging; modulation frequency; submillisecond interval; Distance measurement; Doppler shift; Frequency modulation; Laser radar; Measurement by laser beam; Optimized production technology; Signal resolution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325544