title: Simultaneous ranging and velocimetry of fast moving targets using oppositely chirped pulses from a mode-locked laser.
abstract: A lidar system based on the coherent detection of oppositely chirped pulses generated using a 20 MHz mode locked laser and chirped fiber Bragg gratings is presented. Sub millimeter resolution ranging is performed with > 25 dB signal to noise ratio. Simultaneous, range and Doppler velocity measurements are experimentally demonstrated using a target moving at > 330 km/h inside the laboratory.
authors.affiliation: CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA. mpiracha@creol.ucf.edu
authors.forename: Mohammad U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Piracha
authors.forename: Dat
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ozdur
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Delfyett