Performance modeling and simulation of range-gated imaging systems

Range-gated or burst illumination systems have recently drawn a great deal of attention concerning the use for target classification. The development of eye-safe lasers and detectors will make these systems ideal to be combined with thermal imagers for long range targeting at night but also for short range security applications. This presentation will describe performance modelling and simulation of range-gated systems and discuss these together with experimental data.

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