Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 39, Issue 9, 0928002(2019)
Full Aperture Imaging Algorithm of Airborne Synthetic Aperture Ladar
Synthetic aperture ladar (SAL) is a combination of synthetic aperture and ladar, which has developed rapidly in recent years. Since the wavelength of the SAL is short, high-resolution imaging can be achieved in a short period of time. However, short wavelength also brings other problems. For airborne SAL, the wavelength is less than the vibration amplitude of the airplane by 1-2 order of magnitude, and the vibration of the airplane results in a great phase error to the echo. It is difficult for the inertial navigation system (INS) to achieve the positioning accuracy at the laser wavelength level, so the data-based self-focusing is necessary in SAL imaging. In this paper, a full aperture imaging algorithm based on minimum entropy autofocus (MEA) and deramp is proposed to process the SAL real data. The imaging results verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
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Hongfei Yin, Liang Guo, Lichao Yang, Guangcai Sun, Mengdao Xing, Xiaodong Zeng. Full Aperture Imaging Algorithm of Airborne Synthetic Aperture Ladar[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2019, 39(9): 0928002
Category: Remote Sensing and Sensors
Received: Mar. 28, 2019
Accepted: May. 23, 2019
Published Online: Sep. 9, 2019
The Author Email: Guo Liang (lguo@mail.xidian.edu.cn)