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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2007
Brian Redman, Lafayette, CO (US);
William C. Ruff, Catonsville, MD (US);
Barry L. Stann, Edgewater, MD (US);
Brian Redman, Lafayette, CO (US);
William C. Ruff, Catonsville, MD (US);
Barry L. Stann, Edgewater, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Ladar systems and methods are provided. One embodiment is a ladar system comprising: a chirp generator for generating a chirped waveform; a laser for transmitting a light signal toward a target, the light signal being modulated by the chirped waveform; and a photon-counting sensor for receiving a temporally-modulated photon stream corresponding to the modulated light signal being reflected from the target and toward the ladar system, the photon-counting sensor gated relative to the chirped waveform.