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Polarization compression of large dynamic range laser returned signals from water surface and underwater

Kecheng Yang, Xiao Zhu, Yi Li, Jinzhang Lin, Hui Yang and Zaiguang Li

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This paper describes a polarization detection method to compress a large dynamic range of laser returned signals from water surface and underwater in an airborne laser bathymetry system. The experimental results show that the method can compress the dynamic range of returned signals by more than one order of magnitude. The laser reflection on the water surface and underwater backscatter is considerably reduced without significantly affecting the laser returned signals from the underwater target.


PACS

91.50.Ga Bathymetry and noncoastal underwater morphology

42.62.Eh Metrological applications; optical frequency synthesizers for precision spectroscopy

93.85.-q Instruments and techniques for geophysical research: Exploration geophysics

42.68.Wt Remote sensing; LIDAR and adaptive systems

42.68.Xy Ocean optics

42.79.Qx Range finders, remote sensing devices; laser Doppler velocimeters, SAR, and LIDAR

92.05.Hj Physical and chemical properties of seawater (salinity, density, temperature)

Subjects

Instrumentation and measurement

Optics, quantum optics and lasers

Environmental and Earth science

Dates

Issue 9 (7 May 2002)

Received 2 January 2002, in final form 12 March 2002

Published 16 April 2002



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