• DocumentCode
    689093
  • Title

    Performance analysis for FMCW ranging using photon-counting detectors

  • Author

    Erkmen, Baris I. ; Dahl, Jason R. ; Barber, Zeb W.

  • Author_Institution
    Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We analyze the performance of FMCW ranging with photon-counting detectors. We derive the Cramér-Rao bound, then determine the optimal fraction of signal-arm photons, given a fixed mean number of source-generated photons.
  • Keywords
    CW radar; FM radar; laser ranging; optical radar; photon counting; Cramér-Rao bound; FMCW ranging; frequency modulated continuous-wave systems; performance analysis; photon-counting detectors; signal-arm photons; source-generated photons; Detectors; Distance measurement; Frequency modulation; Maximum likelihood estimation; Nickel; Photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833474
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=689093