Signal to Noise Ratio Budget of a Pico-Seconds Pulsed Radar System for Stand-Off Imaging

Arturo Fiorellini Bernardis, Paolo Sberna, Andrea Neto, Nuria Llombart

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Abstract

Recently, powerful, reliable and cost-effective THz radiation photoconductive-emitters have been developed, providing up to 1mW of pulsed power in the range of frequencies between 0.1 and 0.7THz. In this paper we study the potential use of such sources for future pulsed radar systems aiming at stand-off imaging applications. Specifically, we investigate the image frame rate and Signal to Noise Ratio budget that can be obtained using these photoconductive sources. It emerges that adopting a receiving array of 14 times 14 simeq 200 elements, a 3D image with a Field of View (FoV) of 6cm times 6cm times 100cm and resolution of 4mm times 4mm times 1mm can be generated in 80Hz with a SNR { min}= 30dB, including realistic quasi-optical channel efficiencies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIRMMW-THz 2019 - 44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves
PublisherIEEE
Number of pages2
Volume2019-September
ISBN (Electronic)9781538682852
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2019
Event44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2019 - Paris, France
Duration: 1 Sept 20196 Sept 2019

Conference

Conference44th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2019
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period1/09/196/09/19

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