• DocumentCode
    910448
  • Title

    A practical optimization criterion for giant pulse ranging

  • Author

    Menat, M.

  • Volume
    58
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1970
  • Firstpage
    271
  • Lastpage
    272
  • Abstract
    When using the giant pulse mechanism for optical ranging, optimizing the pulse energy is often a better criterion than optimizing its peak power. Optimizing the product of the two may be even more appropriate. Conditions for photoelectron count detection in the 10 nanosecond range are examined.
  • Keywords
    Background noise; Bandwidth; Gaussian distribution; Laser theory; Optical losses; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Probability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1970.7615
  • Filename
    1449545