LADAR performance simulations with a high spectral resolution atmospheric transmittance and radiance model: LEEDR

Roth, Benjamin D.

doi:10.1117/12.918330

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“…More advanced and complex models [13,17,35,38,48,49], can be used to simulate the propagation of the laser beam, for example, from laser energy distribution to atmospheric effects and beam interaction models, to receiver optics and received signal processing electronics models. However, this study is focusses on evaluating the processing speed of the Fig.…”

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The Development of a 3D LADAR Simulator Based on a Fast Target Impulse Response Generation Approach

Al-Temeemy

2017

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A new laser detection and ranging (LADAR) simulator has been developed, using MATLAB and its graphical user interface, to simulate direct detection time of flight LADAR systems, and to produce 3D simulated scanning images under a wide variety of conditions. This simulator models each stage from the laser source to data generation and can be considered as an efficient simulation tool to use when developing LADAR systems and their data processing algorithms. The novel approach proposed for this simulator is to generate the actual target impulse response. This approach is fast and able to deal with high scanning requirements without losing the fidelity that accompanies increments in speed. This leads to a more efficient LADAR simulator and opens up the possibility for simulating LADAR beam propagation more accurately by using a large number of laser footprint samples. The approach is to select only the parts of the target that lie in the laser beam angular field by mathematically deriving the required equations and calculating the target angular ranges. The performance of the new simulator has been evaluated under different scanning conditions, the results showing significant increments in processing speeds in comparison to conventional approaches, which are also used in this study as a point of comparison for the results. The results also show the simulator's ability to simulate phenomena related to the scanning process, for example, type of noise, scanning resolution and laser beam width.

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Section: Ladar Receivermentioning

confidence: 99%

The Development of a 3D LADAR Simulator Based on a Fast Target Impulse Response Generation Approach

Al-Temeemy

2017

3D Res

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LADAR performance simulations with a high spectral resolution atmospheric transmittance and radiance model: LEEDR

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The Development of a 3D LADAR Simulator Based on a Fast Target Impulse Response Generation Approach

The Development of a 3D LADAR Simulator Based on a Fast Target Impulse Response Generation Approach

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