LIDAR

Abstract
LIDAR is the acronym for Light Detection & Ranging. Since the instrument detects and
radiates we can simply locate it to RADAR i.e, radio detection and ranging. Both have the
same working principles but the only difference between these two is that in the medium
used for ranging and detecting. In LIDAR laser is used in the same way as radio waves in
RADAR.

LIDAR popularly known as the Laser-Radar, uses lasers as the transmitting materials. The
laser is back scattered by the target object and the received signal gives not only the range
of the object but also gives us the idea about the composition of the object, which is got
from its light scattering properties.

The LIDAR technique for detecting and ranging was widely recognized only after the
discovery of Ruby Laser by Miaman in 1960. Rapid developments since then in the laser
technology, opto electronics and fast signal processing devices have resulted in establishing
the potentials of LIDARs for a wide variety of atmosphere studies. Different types of LIDARs
are being depending on the type of scattering processes and for type of signal.

References:
 www.wikipedia.org

 www.lidar-uk.com/how-lidar-works/

 www.explainthatstuff.com/lidar.html

 www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/lidar.html

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SUMAN MAHAT0

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