Analytical function for lidar geometrical compression form-factor calculations.
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.
Stelmaszczyk
Kamil
K
Fachbereich Physik der Freien Universität Berlin, Institut Für Experimentalphysik, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany. kamil.stelmaszczyk@physik.fu-berlin.de
Dell'Aglio
Marcella
M
Chudzyński
Stanislaw
S
Stacewicz
Tadeusz
T
Wöste
Ludger
L