The impact of pulse parameter on modulated lidar performance

Bo Zhou; Yong Ma; Kun Liang; Zhiqiang Tu

doi:10.1117/12.900170

19 August 2011 The impact of pulse parameter on modulated lidar performance

Bo Zhou, Yong Ma, Kun Liang, Zhiqiang Tu

Proceedings Volume 8192, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2011: Laser Sensing and Imaging; and Biological and Medical Applications of Photonics Sensing and Imaging; 81921M (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.900170
Event: International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2011, 2011, Beijing, China

Abstract

Modulated lidar is proved efficient to suppress backscatter noise and enhance target contrast. In this paper relationships between pulse parameters and performance of modulated lidar were fully analyzed. There are three key parameters for laser pulse: modulation frequency, modulation depth and pulse width. Theoretical models were built for the three parameters and they are analyzed both in time domain and in frequency domain. It is concluded from experiment results that modulated lidar reaches to its optimal performance when setting modulation frequency of laser pulse to 2GHz, modulation depth to 0.5 and pulse width between 10ns and 20ns.

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Bo Zhou, Yong Ma, Kun Liang, and Zhiqiang Tu "The impact of pulse parameter on modulated lidar performance", Proc. SPIE 8192, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2011: Laser Sensing and Imaging; and Biological and Medical Applications of Photonics Sensing and Imaging, 81921M (19 August 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.900170

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