Abstract

For airborne operations many type of sensors are required for day vision, night vision and ranging purposes. These sensors are required to perform exceedingly well and must be extremely compact and lightweight. A laser range finder cum thermal imager is one such sensor which is required for airborne applications to range the targets in night time. Although, it will be more appropriate to use CO2 laser range finder in this sensor which operates at 10.6 μm, it is not used because of it’s higher weight and limited life period. Nd: YAG laser range finder operating at 1.06 μm is always preferred for ranging the targets.

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