title: Short-range verification experiment of a trial one-dimensional synthetic aperture infrared laser radar operated in the 10-microm band.
abstract: A trial one-dimensional (1-D) synthetic aperture infrared laser radar (SAILR) system for imaging static objects, with two CO(2) lasers as a transmitter and a local oscillator for heterodyne detection, was constructed. It has a single receiving aperture mounted on a linearly movable stage with a length of 1 m and a position accuracy of 1 microm. In an indoor short-range experiment to confirm the fundamental functions of the system and demonstrate its unique imaging process we succeeded in obtaining 1-D synthetic aperture images of close specular point targets with theoretically expected resolution.
authors.affiliation: Communications Research Laboratory, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, 4-2-1 Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshikado
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aruga