Diffuse Target Scintillation in 10.6-Micrometer Laser Radar

Abstract

This study is concerned with effects of diffuse target scintillation on 10.6-micrometer heterodyne line scan systems where the objective was to identify the problem areas which would eventually control the limiting factors in the image and MTI performance of line scan systems. In particular, diffuse target scintillation (speckle) was recognized as one of the limiting factors for a heterodyne receiver design and this study is concerned with the statistics of speckle noise and with speckle reduction techniques.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 08, 1976
Accession Number
ADA024310

Entities

People

  • Steven P. Tomczak

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Data Science
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Diffraction
  • Dwell Time
  • Far Field
  • Focal Plane Arrays
  • Focal Planes
  • Frequency
  • High Resolution
  • Lasers
  • Local Oscillators
  • Probability Distributions
  • Spectra
  • Statistics
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy