Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 45, Issue 12, 1210002(2018)

Space-Based Synthetic Aperture LiDAR System with 10 m Diffractive Aperture

Xuan Hu1,2、* and Daojing Li1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1 National Key Lab of Microwave Imaging Technology, Institute of Electronics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Geometric relationship between diffractive primary mirror and focal length under focusing condition
    Phase variation curve of diffractive primary mirror when focal length is 20 m
    Continuous phase-shifting and corresponding beam patterns of primary mirror. (a) Continuous phase-shifting at center of primary mirror; (b) continuous phase-shifting near mirror edge of primary mirror; (c) beam pattern of 460 km near field; (d) enlargement of main lobe corresponding to Fig. 3(c); (e) beam pattern of far field; (f) enlargement of main lobe corresponding to Fig. 3(e)
    Phase-shifting and beam patterns of four quantization bits of primary mirror. (a) Phase-shifting of four quantization bits at center of primary mirror; (b) phase-shifting of four quantization bits near mirror edge of primary mirror; (c) beam pattern of 460 km near field; (d) enlargement of main lobe corresponding to Fig. 4(c); (e) beam pattern of far field; (f) enlargement of main lobe corresponding to Fig. 4(e)
    Pulse compression results of echo signal from different positions of diffractive primary mirror to focal point. (a) With aperture transition; (b) without aperture transition
    Pulse compression results of summed echo signals at focal point. (a) With aperture transition; (b) without aperture transition
    Echo signals. (a) Amplitude-frequency characteristic; (b) phase-frequency characteristic
    Matched filter functions. (a) Amplitude-frequency characteristic; (b) phase-frequency characteristic
    Characteristics of echo signals after matched filtering. (a) Amplitude-frequency characteristic; (b) phase-frequency characteristic; (c) time domain signal
    Echo signals after amplitude-frequency correction. (a) Amplitude-frequency characteristic; (b) phase-frequency characteristic; (c) time domain waveform
    Geometric relationship in ground-range direction
    Time domain echo signal after aperture transition compensation (without segmented compensation). (a) Target at down edge of beam; (b) target at center of beam; (c) target at upper edge of beam
    Time domain echo signal after aperture transition compensation (with segmented compensation). (a) Target at down edge of beam; (b) target at center of beam; (c) target at upper edge of beam
    • Table 1. Main specifications of space-based SAL

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      Table 1. Main specifications of space-based SAL

      ParameterValueParameterValue
      Tracking height /km400Range width /km5
      Incident angle /(°)30Resolution with strip map mode /m0.1
      Operating range /km460Imaging signal-to-noise ratio /dBBetter than 10
    • Table 2. Parameters of space-based SAL system

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      Table 2. Parameters of space-based SAL system

      ParameterValueParameterValue
      λ /μm10.6ηato0.25
      Pt /kW80D /m10
      Tp /μs5ηt0.9
      Duty cycle /%10ηr0.8
      Br /GHz1.5ηm0.5
      Δθ /mrad10ηoth0.5
      Δθa /μrad50ηD0.5
      Ω /radπηele0.75
      σ00.1Fn /dB3
      ρr /m0.1RSNR /dB-7.3
      ρα /m0.1
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    Paper Information

    Category: remote sensing and sensor

    Received: Jul. 17, 2018

    Accepted: Aug. 23, 2018

    Published Online: May. 9, 2019

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    DOI:10.3788/CJL201845.1210002

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