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Article #16464Laser Radar Detector Questions
From: Bill ODonnell
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:49
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:49
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I am a grad student taking a laser applications course and was assigned a project to design a laser radar detector. What I need to know is: 1) Do they use Doppler, time of flight, or both? 2) If time of flight, what is the rep rate of the pulses? 3) If Doppler, what frequency is the carrier modulated at? 4) What is the wavelength of the laser used? An old Popular Science (Sep. 90) reported that the time of flight method was used with a pulse every 3ms. My own opinion is that Doppler isn't used because very high modulation frequencies would be needed for good accuracy.??? If anyone knows of a standard or the specs of a specific brand a short message would be very helpful. Thanks in advance, Bill O'Donnell
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!portal!lll-winken!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.unomaha.edu!nevada.edu!jimi!pauli.lv-physics.nevada.edu!bill From: bill@pauli.lv-physics.nevada.edu (Bill ODonnell) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Laser Radar Detector Questions Message-ID: <1993Jan24.174954.18163@unlv.edu> Date: 24 Jan 93 17:49:54 GMT Sender: news@unlv.edu (News User) Organization: UNLV Department of Physics Lines: 21