Multipixel Multidimensional Laser Radar System Theory
Abstract
Coherent laser radars for tactical sensor applications are under development at a number of laboratories, based on the mid-infrared technology of Carbon Dioxide lasers and HgCdTe photodetectors. Test bed radars of this class have already demonstrated that tactical targets may be resolved in any combination of the modalities of space, angle, range, and velocity. Under U.S. Army Research Office Contract DAAL03-87-K-0117, a program of research was pursued to advance the system theory of such multipixel, multidimensional laser radars, and to corroborate these advances through experiments performed using the test bed coherent lasers radars of the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Opto-Radar Systems Group. Major progress was made on the problem of target detection during the course of this work: quasi-optimal detection processors were derived for various 2-D and 3-D pulsed imagers; performance results for these processors were developed from computer simulation; and 2-D detection performance was confirmed experimentally.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 07, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA246111
Entities
People
- Jeffrey H Shapiro
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology