Dual Mode Scanner/Tracker.

Abstract

The beam of a laser radar is moved over the field of view by means of a pair of scanner/trackers arranged in cascade along the laser beam. One of the scanner/trackers operates at high speed, with high resolution and a wide field and is located in the demagnified portion of the laser beam. The two scanner/trackers complement each other to achieve high speed, high resolution scanning as well as tracking of moving targets. A beam steering telescope for an airborne laser radar which incorporates the novel dual mode scanner/tracker is also shown. The other scanner/tracker operates at low speed with low resolution and a wide field and is located in the magnified portion of the laser beam.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 09, 1984
Accession Number
ADD011417

Entities

People

  • R. J. Mongeon

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Beam Steering
  • Dual Mode
  • High Resolution
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Radar
  • Lasers
  • Low Resolution
  • Moving Targets
  • Scanners
  • Steering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects