Chirp-pulse-compression three-dimensional lidar imager with fiber optics

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 257-265

  Pearson, Guy N ^a   Ridley, Kevin D ^a   Willetts, David V ^a  

^a QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA COMPRESSION; DIFFRACTION; FIBER OPTICS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; WAVE FILTERS;

CHIRP-PULSE-COMPRESSION; COHERENT SYSTEMS; HARD TARGETS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL LIDARS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 12844256376     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.000257     Document Type: Article

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