Linearization of the frequency sweep of a frequency-modulated continuous-wave semiconductor laser radar and the resulting ranging performance

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 3376-3386

  Karlsson, Christer J ^a   Olsson, Fredrikå A ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; FUNCTIONS; LINEARIZATION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM (FWHM); SINGLE-MODE LASER DIODE RADAR; TRIANGULAR MODULATION FUNCTION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0032621138     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.003376     Document Type: Article

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