Title

Reciprocal Path Scattering From Surfaces And Turbulence In Monostatic Ladar Theory

Abstract

We present a modification to the laser radar equation (LRE) which includes the combined first-order effects of rough surface (RPS) and double passage (DP) RPS. A thin random phase screen atmospheric turbulence model is first included in the LRE. Rough surface RPS and DP-RPS are included individually, then we present the reciprocal path modified LRE (RPMLRE) for the combination of the two processes. The RPMLRE is formulated such that the predicted diffuse and coherent received power components are easily extracted from the total received power. Calculations are presented for a 1.064 μm ladar operating against a 1 m2 space target. A substantially increased received power is predicted by the RPMLRE over that predicted by the LRE including turbulence only.

Publication Date

12-1-1993

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

1968

Number of Pages

650-661

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Identifier

scopus

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

0027870246 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0027870246

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