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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-dayton15191434229812632021-08-03T07:05:20Z Spatial Heterodyne Imaging Using a Broadband Source Zimnicki, James John Electrical Engineering Engineering Optics Remote Sensing Spatial Heterodyne Imaging Digital Holography Spatial Heterodyne Lidar Ladar Pseudo-random bit sequence pseudo-random code pseudo random bit sequence pseudo random code PRBS Phase Modulation Laser Radar Imaging through obscurants is a critical issue for lidars looking through clouds, or human tissue. Traditionally Spatial heterodyne imaging has been performed with a low-bandwidth laser source that exhibits good coherence length characteristics. One of the drawbacks of using a low-bandwidth source with long coherence length is that signal return from all objects within the coherence length of the source mix equally well on the camera imaging the system. Broadening the bandwidth of the source shortens the coherence length of the system. This thesis intends to show that through careful system design, spatial heterodyne imaging can be performed in the presence of a broadband source, allowing significantly improved imaging in the presence of obscurants such as clouds or human tissue. The method used will be phase modulating the source with a pseudo-random bit sequence and matching the optical path lengths of the signal and local oscillator branches of the system. By matching the path lengths for a pseudo-random coded source we can image objects at specific distances related to the modulation speed and code length, while isolating the power of signal return from objects at other distances as a factor of the autocorrelation coefficient of the code. 2018-05-29 English text University of Dayton / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1519143422981263 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1519143422981263 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic Electrical Engineering
Engineering
Optics
Remote Sensing
Spatial Heterodyne Imaging
Digital Holography
Spatial Heterodyne
Lidar
Ladar
Pseudo-random bit sequence
pseudo-random code
pseudo random bit sequence
pseudo random code
PRBS
Phase Modulation
Laser Radar
spellingShingle Electrical Engineering
Engineering
Optics
Remote Sensing
Spatial Heterodyne Imaging
Digital Holography
Spatial Heterodyne
Lidar
Ladar
Pseudo-random bit sequence
pseudo-random code
pseudo random bit sequence
pseudo random code
PRBS
Phase Modulation
Laser Radar
Zimnicki, James John
Spatial Heterodyne Imaging Using a Broadband Source
author Zimnicki, James John
author_facet Zimnicki, James John
author_sort Zimnicki, James John
title Spatial Heterodyne Imaging Using a Broadband Source
title_short Spatial Heterodyne Imaging Using a Broadband Source
title_full Spatial Heterodyne Imaging Using a Broadband Source
title_fullStr Spatial Heterodyne Imaging Using a Broadband Source
title_full_unstemmed Spatial Heterodyne Imaging Using a Broadband Source
title_sort spatial heterodyne imaging using a broadband source
publisher University of Dayton / OhioLINK
publishDate 2018
url http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1519143422981263
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