3D imaging LADAR with linear array devices: laser, detector and ROIC

Shumpei Kameyama; Masaharu Imaki; Yasuhisa Tamagawa; Yosuke Akino; Akihito Hirai; Eitaro Ishimura; Yoshihito Hirano

doi:10.1117/12.836888

28 August 2009 3D imaging LADAR with linear array devices: laser, detector and ROIC

Shumpei Kameyama, Masaharu Imaki, Yasuhisa Tamagawa, Yosuke Akino, Akihito Hirai, Eitaro Ishimura, Yoshihito Hirano

Proceedings Volume 7382, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2009: Laser Sensing and Imaging; 738209 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.836888
Event: International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2009, 2009, Beijing, China

Abstract

This paper introduces the recent development of 3D imaging LADAR (LAser Detection And Ranging) in Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. The system consists of in-house-made key devices which are linear array: the laser, the detector and the ROIC (Read-Out Integrated Circuit). The laser transmitter is the high power and compact planar waveguide array laser at the wavelength of 1.5 micron. The detector array consists of the low excess noise Avalanche Photo Diode (APD) using the InAlAs multiplication layer. The analog ROIC array, which is fabricated in the SiGe- BiCMOS process, includes the Trans-Impedance Amplifiers (TIA), the peak intensity detectors, the Time-Of-Flight (TOF) detectors, and the multiplexers for read-out. This device has the feature in its detection ability for the small signal by optimizing the peak intensity detection circuit. By combining these devices with the one dimensional fast scanner, the real-time 3D range image can be obtained. After the explanations about the key devices, some 3D imaging results are demonstrated using the single element key devices. The imaging using the developed array devices is planned in the near future.

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Shumpei Kameyama, Masaharu Imaki, Yasuhisa Tamagawa, Yosuke Akino, Akihito Hirai, Eitaro Ishimura, and Yoshihito Hirano "3D imaging LADAR with linear array devices: laser, detector and ROIC", Proc. SPIE 7382, International Symposium on Photoelectronic Detection and Imaging 2009: Laser Sensing and Imaging, 738209 (28 August 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.836888

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