Reduced Power Laser Designation Systems
Abstract
This work contributes to the Micropulse Laser Designation (MPLD) project. The objective of this project 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. This work involved the design of a photodiode preamplifier suitable for use in the MPLD project, by investigating techniques for increasing photodiode amplifier bandwidth, and reducing photodiode amplifier noise.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 10, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA493347
Entities
People
- Barry Sherlock
Organizations
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte