Lensless Synthetic Aperture Chirped Amplitude-Modulated Laser Radar for Microsystems

Abstract

Future micro unmanned aerial vehicles and micro unmanned ground vehicles will require compact, low-cost, and low-power sensors for forming world maps of their surroundings for navigation and obstacle avoidance. These same sensors may also acquire, identify, and locate targets. This study examines an extremely simple laser radar design from a hardware standpoint that will form three-dimensional images of its surroundings while meeting the desired aforementioned attributes of a sensor for microsystems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA480683

Entities

People

  • Barry Stann
  • Pey-schuan Jian

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • 5G Wireless Networks
  • Aircrafts
  • Amplitude
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Detectors
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Laser Diodes
  • Laser Radar
  • Lasers
  • Navigation
  • Radar
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Three Dimensional
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Directed Energy