Depolarization of Linearly and Circularly Polarized LiDAR Beam by 61 Solid Targets and its Impact on Detection Range

Xiaoying Cao; Grégoire Tremblay; Gilles Roy

doi:10.1364/PCAOP.2021.PTu2G.4

OSA Imaging and Applied Optics Congress 2021 (3D, COSI, DH, ISA, pcAOP)
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021),
paper PTu2G.4
•https://doi.org/10.1364/PCAOP.2021.PTu2G.4

Depolarization of Linearly and Circularly Polarized LiDAR Beam by 61 Solid Targets and its Impact on Detection Range

Xiaoying Cao, Grégoire Tremblay, and Gilles Roy

Propagation Through and Characterization of Atmospheric and Oceanic Phenomena 2021

Washington, DC United States
19–23 July 2021
ISBN: 978-1-943580-89-7

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X. Cao, G. Tremblay, and G. Roy, "Depolarization of Linearly and Circularly Polarized LiDAR Beam by 61 Solid Targets and its Impact on Detection Range," in OSA Imaging and Applied Optics Congress 2021 (3D, COSI, DH, ISA, pcAOP), H. Hua, B. Javidi, M. Martinez-Corral, O. Matoba, A. Stern, S. Thibault, T. Alieva, J. Ke, F. Willomitzer, F. Okten, P. Silveira, P. Banerjee, E. Stoykova, D. Chu, J. Park, F. Imai, C. Joo, M. Digman, D. Gardner, S. Gladysz, D. LeMaster, S. Basu, and O. Korotkova, eds., OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021), paper PTu2G.4.

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Abstract

Polarimetric LiDAR can suppress backscattering by aerosols and increase detection contrast. Depolarization by the observed object can hinder those efforts. We present linear and circular depolarization ratios from 61 targets and the impact on contrast.

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