Excimer Uv Laser Radar For Image, Range And Doppler Measurements

G. McAllister; R. Morton; T. Olson; C. Buczek

doi:10.1117/12.940573

24 September 1987 Excimer Uv Laser Radar For Image, Range And Doppler Measurements

G. McAllister, R. Morton, T. Olson, C. Buczek

Proceedings Volume 0783, Laser Radar II; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940573
Event: 1987 Technical Symposium Southeast on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1987, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A KrF (250 nm) excimer laser radar system design has been developed with a transmitter waveform suitable for producing image, range and Doppler velocity measurements. The short wavelength results in desirable optic sizes (1/λ scaling) and high Doppler velocity sensitivity (A scaling). The several microsecond pulse length, in conjunction with frequency stable operation, allows measurements to be made with the narrow bandwidths necessary for cm/s velocity resolutions (1/τ scaling). Good image quality from rotating targets is produced by the coherent waveform due to temporal speckle reduction and the increased spatial resolution achievable with Doppler processing.

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G. McAllister, R. Morton, T. Olson, and C. Buczek "Excimer Uv Laser Radar For Image, Range And Doppler Measurements", Proc. SPIE 0783, Laser Radar II, (24 September 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940573

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