We propose a method for small-scale experimental studies of the ladar characteristics of objects using a stationary land-based laser test bench, based on calibration of signals by employing adaptive specular/diffuse reference standards. We describe methods for field measurements of ladar characteristics of aircraft in flight by laser tracking systems for direct detection and heterodyne detection of the reflected signal, with the help of airborne reference standards and a moving object simulator.
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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 3, pp. 35–39, March, 2011.
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Khmarov, I.M., Kondrashov, N.G. Calibration methods in small-scale and field measurements of ladar characteristics of aircraft on unobstructed paths. Meas Tech 54, 287–293 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-011-9722-z
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