An auto tracking system of airborne single photon ranging

Yu Chen; Yi Yang

doi:10.1117/12.2266774

8 March 2017 An auto tracking system of airborne single photon ranging

Yu Chen, Yi Yang

Proceedings Volume 10255, Selected Papers of the Chinese Society for Optical Engineering Conferences held October and November 2016; 1025537 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2266774
Event: Selected Papers of the Chinese Society for Optical Engineering Conferences held October and November 2016, 2016, Jinhua, Suzhou, Chengdu, Xi'an, Wuxi, China

Abstract

The transmit power and laser divergence angle of single photon laser ranging system for airborne is a key factor restricting the measurement range. A method is proposed in this paper to reduce the laser divergence angle to increase the measurement process. And an auto tracking system based on fast steering mirror is proposed to improve the accuracy of the pointing error because of the small divergence angle in airborne environment. On the theory, it can increase the measurement range of not increasing the transmit power.

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Yu Chen and Yi Yang "An auto tracking system of airborne single photon ranging", Proc. SPIE 10255, Selected Papers of the Chinese Society for Optical Engineering Conferences held October and November 2016, 1025537 (8 March 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2266774

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