Light detection and ranging (lidar) is used for various applications such as remote sensing, altimetry and imaging. In this talk, a linearly chirped pulse source is introduced that generates wavelength-swept pulses exhibiting ~6 nm optical bandwidth with > 20 km coherence length. The chirped pulses are used in an interferometric lidar setup to perform distance measurements with sub-millimeter resolution (using pulses that are a few meters long), at target distances > 10 km, with at least 25 dB signal-to-noise ratio at the receiver. A pulse repetition rate of 20 MHz provides fast update rates, while chirped pulse amplification allows easy amplification of optical signals to high power levels that are required for long range operation. A pulse tagging scheme based on phase modulation is used to demonstrate unambiguous, long range measurements. In addition to this, simultaneous measurement of target range and Doppler velocity is performed using a target moving at a speed of over 330 km/h (205 mph) inside the laboratory. In addition to this, spectral phase modulation of the chirped pulses is demonstrated to compensate for the undesirable ripple in the group delay of the chirped pulses. Moreover, spectral amplitude modulation is used to generate pulses with Gaussian temporal intensity profiles and a two-fold increase in the lidar range resolution (284 um) is observed.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ucf.edu/oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:etd-3231 |
| Date | 01 January 2012 |
| Creators | Piracha, Mohammad Umar |
| Publisher | STARS |
| Source Sets | University of Central Florida |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Electronic Theses and Dissertations |
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