High energy coherent pulse source for laser system

CL Hayes - US Patent 4,163,954, 1979 - Google Patents
A multiple frequency laser technique for enhancing the detection of discrete targets amid a
clutter background while also increasing the range performance or power limits of the laser …

Time modulated doublet coherent laser radar

MG Woolfson - US Patent 7,342,651, 2008 - Google Patents
The time separation of laser pulses comprised of a relatively fixed reference pulse and a
time varying doublet pulse in a doublet pulse laser radar is linearly modulated for …

Pulsed laser radar apparatus

S Marcus, TM Quist - US Patent 4,447,149, 1984 - Google Patents
A pulsed laser radar apparatus utilizing a Q-switched laser unit to generate laser pulse
signals including a low intensity trailing tail. The trailing tail is utilized to provide a local …

Coherent laser radar system and target measurement method

K Asaka, Y Hirano, T Yanagisawa, S Wadaka… - US Patent …, 2002 - Google Patents
ASSistant Examiner Brian Andrea (57) ABSTRACT A coherent laser radar System includes
a pulsed laser oscil lating a pulsed laser beam which is split into two parts by an optical …

Laser radar system

CS Naiman, SD Pompian - US Patent 3,676,003, 1972 - Google Patents
Abstract AN IMPROVED LASER RADAR SYSTEM COMPRISES A VARIABLE PULSE
LASER TRANSMITTER A PORTION OF THE OUTPUT OF WHICH IS DELAYED …

Eye-safe coherent laser radar

RL Byer, TJ Kane - US Patent 4,902,127, 1990 - Google Patents
In an eye-safe coherent laser radar, a laser diode optically pumps a solid state non-planar
ring laser to produce the coherent output laser radiation. The laser radiation is passed …

System for transmitter frequency control in coherent ladar

TH Courtenay, JM Cruickshank - US Patent 4,240,746, 1980 - Google Patents
It is therefore the primary object of the present inven tion to provide a pulsed laser radar in
which the fre quency of the output laser beam is always at a fixed frequency difference from …

Laser radar with reference beam storage

RM Langdon, EL Lewis - US Patent 5,510,890, 1996 - Google Patents
In a laser radar system, in which pulses from a laser are focused by a telescope onto a
target, the back-scattered radiation being deflected by polarizing beam splitter onto a …

Frequency agile optical radar

RS Hughes, KL Gardner - US Patent 4,184,767, 1980 - Google Patents
The present invention is directed to a unique laser radar system realized by combining a
frequency agile source of coherent radiation with a staring detector system, ie, a detector …

Laser radar device utilizing heterodyne detection

RA Brandewie, WC Davis, JA Macken - US Patent 4,042,822, 1977 - Google Patents
57 ABSTRACT A laser beam is expanded by means of a beam expander device, the
expanded beam striking the surface of a mirror which has an aperture formed therein. A …