Patent ID: 8081301

Claim:
A compact Laser Detection And Ranging (LADAR) system comprising: a pulse laser generating pulses of light; a transmitter collimating and directing said pulses of light toward a target; a receiver collecting reflected pulses of light, said reflected pulses of light having been reflected from said target, said receiver comprising: a tapered fiber bundle; a sensor operatively connected to said tapered fiber bundle, wherein said sensor comprises a photosensitive region and outputs a photocurrent; an amplifier amplifying said photocurrent; and a power divider splitting the amplified photocurrent between a high gain channel and a low gain channel; a radio frequency (RF) interface accepting said high gain channel, said low gain channel, and an undelayed sample of a pulse of light generated from said pulse laser as input; a processing unit accepting output from said RF interface; and a display unit displaying output from said processing unit.