A Novel 3-D Imaging Configuration Exploiting Synthetic Aperture Ladar

作者:Guo, Liang*; Huang, Yinli; Li, Xiaozhen; Zeng, Xiaodong; Tang, Yu; Xing, Mengdao
来源:Current Optics and Photonics, 2017, 1(6): 598-603.
DOI:10.3807/COPP.2017.1.6.598

摘要

Traditional three-dimensional (3-D) laser imaging systems are based on real aperture imaging technology, whose resolution decreases as the range increases. In this paper, we develop a novel 3-D imaging technique based on the synthetic aperture technology in which the imaging resolution is significantly improved and does not degrade with the increase of the range. We consider an imaging laser radar (ladar) system using the floodlight transmitting mode and multi-beam receiving mode. High 3-D imaging resolutions are achieved by matched filtering the linear frequency modulated (LFM) signals respectively in range, synthetic aperture along-track, and the real aperture across-track. In this paper, a novel 3-D imaging signal model is given first. Because of the motion during the transmission of a sweep, the Doppler shift induced by the continuous motion is taken into account. And then, a proper algorithm for the 3-D imaging geometry is given. Finally, simulation results validate the effectiveness of the proposed technique.

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