Space communication and radar with lasers

W. J. Witteman

doi:10.1117/12.620805

11 October 2005 Space communication and radar with lasers

W. J. Witteman

Proceedings Volume 5958, Lasers and Applications; 59581I (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.620805
Event: Congress on Optics and Optoelectronics, 2005, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

Sensitive heterodyne detection with lasers applied .to radar and satellite communication is seriously hampered by the large electronic bandwidth due to random Doppler shift and frequency instability. These drawbacks can be circumvented by dual signal heterodyne detection. The system consists of mixing the local oscillator with two signal beams and the lock-in amplification at the beat frequency of the two intermediate frequencies. The signal modulation is demodulated by the lock-in amplification. A detailed analysis of the accompanying noise is given. The derived NEP is much smaller than that of a conventional heterodyne system. As examples, the system is applied to radar and space communication.

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W. J. Witteman "Space communication and radar with lasers", Proc. SPIE 5958, Lasers and Applications, 59581I (11 October 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.620805

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