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3D imaging for tracking and aim-point maintenance in the presence of target-pose changes

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA9451-19-P-0662 
Agency Tracking Number: F19A-005-0054
Amount: $149,994.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF19A-T005
Solicitation Number: 19.A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2019
Award Year: 2019
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2019-06-20
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2020-06-20
Small Business Information
PO Box 9334
Albuquerque, NM 87119
United States
DUNS: 176086952
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Sami Shakir
 Principal Investigator
 (505) 244-1222
 sami.shakir@tautechnologies.com
Business Contact
 JJ Kelly
Phone: (505) 244-1222
Email: jj.kelly@tautechnologies.com
Research Institution
 New Mexico State University
 Barbara Gonzales Barbara Gonzales
 
PO Box 30002 MSC RAS
Las Cruces, NM 88003
United States

 (575) 646-5899
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

We propose a three-dimensional imaging approach based on digital holography. Our approach is based on frequency diversity using a single chirped pulse instead of a train of pulses with different frequencies. Our approach promises to mitigate most of the issues limiting the performance of current methods and offer additional enabling capabilities that will improve target identification and tracking. Instead of a train of pulses with increasing discrete frequencies, we use a single pulse with a continuous frequency chirp of several GHz. Our approach achieves the frequency diversity in a continuous fashion instead of a discrete fashion, which will eliminate aliasing effects. Furthermore, because of the continuous chirp (per pulse), the imaging rate is limited by the speed of the sensing array. Compressing the pulse train into a single equivalent but shorter pulse also minimizes non-simultaneous imaging distortion effects. The broad frequency chirp also helps in mitigating Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS), which facilitates power scaling of the system to achieve longer ranges.

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