Laser Applications System Study. Volume V. Appendix.

Abstract

Contents: Introduction and Summary; Effect of High Energy Particles on the Performance of a Laser Radar's Optical Heterodyne Receiver; The Effect of Target Scintillation Due to Rotation on the Performance of an FM Laser Radar; Laser Radar Doppler Cross-Section for a Spinning Cone; Laser Radar Balloon Discrimination with a Tumbling Target; Double Aperture Laser Radar Target Spin Rate Determination; Rotation Target Doppler Spread and Its Effect on Heterodyne Detection Laser Radar Performance; Simulation of Laser Discrimination of Objects, with Arbitrary Orientations; Analysis of Speckle Correlation Through Spatial Coherence; Laser Waveform Requirements; Discrimination Power Requirements - Probe Mission and Laser Radar Cross-Section Simulation Results.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0912145

Entities

People

  • V. P. Hovnanian

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detection
  • Discrimination
  • Heterodyne Detection
  • High Energy
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Radar
  • Lasers
  • Radar Cross Sections
  • Radar Targets
  • Rotation
  • Simulations
  • Targets

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy