Performance Analysis Of Optical Synthetic Aperture Radars

Dongwook Park; Jeffrey H. Shapiro

doi:10.1117/12.960229

18 February 1989 Performance Analysis Of Optical Synthetic Aperture Radars

Dongwook Park, Jeffrey H. Shapiro

Proceedings Volume 0999, Laser Radar III; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960229
Event: O-E/Fiber LASE '88, 1988, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

A microwave synthetic aperture radar (SAR) exploits coherent target-return processing to achieve an along-track spatial resolution better than its antenna's diffraction limit. It also uses its range resolution capability to enhance its across-track spatial resolution. This paper considers the application of SAR techniques to the optical wavelength-coherent laser radar-regime. It presents performance analysis for optical SARs, focusing on their along-track and across-track spatial resolutions, their carrier-to-noise ratios (CNRs), and their signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) in a variety of situations. Results are first obtained for performance under ideal operating conditions. Then the effects of laser frequency instability, atmospheric turbulence, and radar-aim errors are factored into the theory. The analysis is illustrated by system performance calculations for optical SARs based on reasonable technology parameters.

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Dongwook Park and Jeffrey H. Shapiro "Performance Analysis Of Optical Synthetic Aperture Radars", Proc. SPIE 0999, Laser Radar III, (18 February 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960229

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