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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (2): 523-531.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2013.0409

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Methods for Relative Distance and Radial Velocity Information Extraction in LFM/CW Laser Radar

DU Xiaoping1, SONG Yishuo2, ZENG Zhaoyang3   

  1. 1. Department of Aerospace Command, Academy of Equipment, Beijing 101416, China;
    2. Graduate School, Academy of Equipment, Beijing 101416, China;
    3. Department of Photoelectric Equipment, Academy of Equipment, Beijing 101416, China
  • Received:2013-05-20 Revised:2013-10-08 Online:2014-02-25 Published:2013-10-24
  • Supported by:

    Ministry Level Project

Abstract:

When using the LFM/CW laser radars, the relative motion between a target and the radar causes the Doppler effect and information output delay which may result in measurement errors. In this paper, the so-caused measurement errors are analyzed. Based on the idea of error cancellation, a new method for information extraction is presented. Simulations are performed to compare this new method with the method based on 2-dimentional FFT (2D-FFT). The results show that the new method can extract accurate relative distance information in every modulation period while the relative radial velocity information is unknown. Compared with the 2D-FFT based method, the new method decreases the errors in velocity measurement by one order of magnitude when the relative radial velocity is less than 750 m/s.

Key words: LFM/CW, laser radar, Doppler effect, error cancellation, relative measurement

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