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SSC 10-I-9 UltraCompact LADAR Systems for Next Generation Space Missions
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Reibel, Randy Ray Greenfield, Nathan J. Berg, Trenton J. Kaylor, Brant M. Roos, Peter Aaron Bridger Barber, Zeb W. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | Bridger Photonics and Montana State University have pioneered the active stabilization and control of highly-power efficient, extremely broadband swept laser sources for novel laser radar (LADAR) systems. By using a stretched processing technique similar to that of microwave radar, an FMCW LADAR system has numerous advantages that can help break the insertion barrier for LADAR-based sensors on small satellites (small-sats). These advantages include: (a) their extreme sensitivity allowing very low return light levels, (b) their capability to deliver extremely high down-range resolution using low-bandwidth receiver electronics, (c) their high electrical power efficiencies, (d) their compact, robust packaging and (e) their flexibility to perform a variety of advanced missions. The team has recently demonstrated the highest resolution LADAR measurements in the world (sub-50 microns) with range precisions on the nanometer scale. Examples of 3D imagery are also shown and a discussion of the future opportunities for sensors enabled by these novel sources and the FMCW approach is provided. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1192&context=smallsat |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
