Reduced Power Laser Designation Systems
Abstract
This work contributes to the Micropulse Laser Designation (MPLD) project. The objective of MPLD is to develop a 6-lb eye-safe micro-pulse laser system to locate, identify, range, mark, and designate stationary and moving targets. MPLD uses laser pulses of much lower energy and higher repetition rates than in existing laser designation systems. Because of this, MPLD presents a range of new circuit design and signal processing problems, and the present work seeks to address some of these problems. Work to date has involved investigating techniques for increasing photodiode amplifier bandwidth, and reducing photodiode amplifier noise. Circuit simulations have indicated significant bandwidth and noise improvements compared with basic photodiode amplifiers. A basic calculation of visibility angles for designation in urban environments has also been made.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 20, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA484612
Entities
People
- Barry G. Sherlock
Organizations
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte