Modeling fluorescence LIDAR transmission for underwater object detection and recognition

Laura Zotta; Stefania Matteoli; Marco Diani; Giovanni Corsini

doi:10.1117/12.2051869

15 May 2014 Modeling fluorescence LIDAR transmission for underwater object detection and recognition

Laura Zotta, Stefania Matteoli, Marco Diani, Giovanni Corsini

Proceedings Volume 9141, Optical Sensing and Detection III; 91411L (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2051869
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2014, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

Fluorescence LIght Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) systems have been proven powerful for detecting and recognizing underwater objects in several applications. Such Fluorescence systems have been employed mainly for detecting and recognizing oil spill and chemicals dissolved in the sea and to identify phytoplankton species. This work focuses on the use of Fluorescence LIDAR systems in underwater object recognition applications. In fact, the fluorescence spectra induced over object and materials may be exploited to derive chemical-physical information about object nature useful to recognition. Specifically, a model for fluorescence LIDAR transmission in the water medium, both in the presence and absence, of an underwater object is proposed. The developed model describes the interaction of the transmitted laser beam with underwater objects, bottom, and water molecules. Specifically, the fluorescence return signals are modeled involving the inelastic backscattering contributions due to the Raman scattering by water molecules and fluorescence by water constituents, bottom, and objects. A range of simulations have been performed modeling the immersion of an object at different depths within the water column for a variety of system characteristics and water environmental conditions. Simulation results show the model flexibility for reproducing the signals acquired in different operational scenarios on the basis of various system parameters, acquisition geometries, and water environments. The transmission model may be useful to predict the performance of a given fluorescence LIDAR in specific underwater object detection and recognition applications.

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Laura Zotta, Stefania Matteoli, Marco Diani, and Giovanni Corsini "Modeling fluorescence LIDAR transmission for underwater object detection and recognition", Proc. SPIE 9141, Optical Sensing and Detection III, 91411L (15 May 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2051869

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Luminescence

LIDAR

Water

Backscatter

Coastal modeling

Object recognition

Quantum efficiency

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