Acousto-optic processor for autonomous SAR guidance

Dennis R. Pape

doi:10.1117/12.21265

1 September 1990 Acousto-optic processor for autonomous SAR guidance

Dennis R. Pape

Proceedings Volume 1296, Advances in Optical Information Processing IV; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21265
Event: 1990 Technical Symposium on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1990, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

This paper describes an acoustooptic signal processor designed to produce real-time spotlight mode synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images for autonomous missile guidance. The processor is designed to maintain a range and azimuth resolution of 2 m. High-quality image formation results from electronic motion compensation applied to each received pulse. The processor controls range sidelobes through a weighting function applied during the correlation process, while azimuth sidelobes are controlled either by weighting or by increasing the corehent integration time.

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Dennis R. Pape "Acousto-optic processor for autonomous SAR guidance", Proc. SPIE 1296, Advances in Optical Information Processing IV, (1 September 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21265

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