title: Analytical function for lidar geometrical compression form-factor calculations.
abstract: A simple model of image formation in a Newtonian telescope was used for calculating an analytical formula, that describes the geometric compression form factors of coaxial and biaxial lidars. Calculations were successfully validated by comparison with real measurements, confirming the accuracy of our approach. The need for different alignment of coaxial and biaxial systems to increase the overlap between the lidar emitter and receiver is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Physik der Freien Universität Berlin, Institut Für Experimentalphysik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany. kamil.stelmaszczyk@physik.fu-berlin.de
authors.forename: Kamil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stelmaszczyk
authors.forename: Marcella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dell'Aglio
authors.forename: Stanislaw
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chudzyński
authors.forename: Tadeusz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stacewicz
authors.forename: Ludger
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wöste