Abstract

we deal with the Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) as criterion for the detection effectiveness of remote objects and species sensed with a laser pulse within the known frame of LiDAR technique. We define what an efficient detection is by using a laser pulse as a remote sensor and we consider accordingly the right formulae of the SNR. Then, we draw different ways to handle the laser pulse parameters as well as the detector features so as to meet the requirement of an efficient detection.

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