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Simplified Homodyne Detection for Linear FM Lidar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Peter Adany
Affiliation:
peter@ittc.ku.edu, University of Kansas, ITTC, 247N Nichols Hall, 2335 Irving Hill Rd., Lawrence, KS, 66045, United States
Chris Allen
Affiliation:
callen@eecs.ku.edu, University of Kansas, CReSIS, 321 Nichols Hall, 2335 Irving Hill Rd., Lawrence, KS, 66045, United States
Rongqing Hui
Affiliation:
hui@eecs.ku.edu, University of Kansas, ITTC, 222 Nichols Hall, 2335 Irving Hill Rd., Lawrence, KS, 66045, United States
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Abstract

A fiber based lidar system is developed which simplifies the processing of linear FM pulses by using a modulated local oscillator power in the coherent detector. Experiments were conducted on lidar systems with direct, heterodyne and simplified homodyne detection to compare receiver sensitivity. A field experiment using the homodyne system verified the sensitivity estimation on a building target at 370-m range.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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