Receiving Efficiency for Pulsed Coherent Lidars

Yanzeng Zhao; Madison J. Post

doi:10.1117/12.963768

12 December 1989 Receiving Efficiency for Pulsed Coherent Lidars

Yanzeng Zhao, Madison J. Post

Proceedings Volume 1181, 5th Conf on Coherent Laser Radar: Technology and Applications; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963768
Event: Fifth Conference on Coherent Laser Radar, 1989, Munich, Germany

Abstract

We have used the techniques of Siegman I and others2'3'4 to calculate the receiving efficiency of monostatic coherent lidars vs. range for various telescope focal settings. The receiving efficiency q(z) is defined as

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Yanzeng Zhao and Madison J. Post "Receiving Efficiency for Pulsed Coherent Lidars", Proc. SPIE 1181, 5th Conf on Coherent Laser Radar: Technology and Applications, (12 December 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963768

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