Photon counting chirped AM ladar: Concept, simulation, and initial experimental results

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6214, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Redman, Brian ^a   Ruff, William ^a   Giza, Mark ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D imaging; APD; Avalanche Photodiode; Chirped AM; Fm cw; Geiger mode; Ladar; Laser radar; Lidar; Photon counting

Indexed keywords

3D IMAGING; CHIRPED AM; FM-CW; GEIGER-MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE (GM-APD); PHOTON COUNTING;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; PHOTONS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SOLID STATE DEVICES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 33747196373     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.667117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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