Title:
FREQUENCY AGILE LADAR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/053396
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
In one aspect, a frequency agile LADAR (laser detection and ranging) sensor includes a transmitter configured to provide laser pulses towards a target, a receiver configured to receive a reflected signal from the target and control circuitry configured to tune an optical frequency of a first laser pulse of the laser pulses to be different from an optical frequency of a second laser pulse of the laser pulses and tune an optical frequency of the receiver to be different than an optical frequency of a laser pulse most recently transmitted by the transmitter.
Inventors:
LEYVA VICTOR (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2015/035016
Publication Date:
June 02, 2016
Filing Date:
June 10, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
RAYTHEON CO (US)
International Classes:
G01S7/484; G01S7/487; G01S17/26; G01S17/89
Foreign References:
| US20090051926A1 | 2009-02-26 | |||
| US7760334B1 | 2010-07-20 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MOOSEY, Anthony, T. et al. (Crowley Mofford & Durkee, LLP,354A Turnpike St., Suite 301, Canton Massachusetts, US)
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