Photonics Space Time Processing.

Abstract

Radar clutter is usually characterized statistically by two parameter lognormal or Weibull models. The utilization of two parameter models has been impeded by a lack of methods for estimating the parameters. An optical monopulse chirp processor is presented that performs real-time adaptive estimates of the lognormal and Weibull parameters. The processor architecture requires only mature optical power or heterodyne spectrum analyzer technology. The optical monopulse chirp processor issued as United States Patent #5,546,089 on August 13, 1996.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA325865

Entities

People

  • Pierre J. Talbot

Organizations

  • Rome Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analyzers
  • Computational Science
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Digital Data
  • False Alarms
  • Phased Array Radar
  • Photonics
  • Probability Distributions
  • Radar
  • Radar Equipment
  • Signal Processing
  • Spectrum Analyzers
  • Statistical Distributions
  • United States
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Statistical inference.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space