title: Cramer-Rao lower bounds on estimation of laser system pointing parameters by use of the return photon signal.
abstract: Cramer-Rao lower bounds (CRLBs) on the estimation of the pointing parameters of a laser system using the return signal are obtained. A maximum likelihood estimator is found to obtain an estimation performance close to the CRLB in most scenarios considered.
authors.affiliation: Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Craces, New Mexico 88003, USA. dborah@nmsu.edu
authors.forename: Deva K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Borah
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Voelz