Vande Hey Joshua, Coupland Jeremy, Foo Ming Hui, Richards James, Sandford Andrew
Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Ashby Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK.
Appl Opt. 2011 Oct 20;50(30):5791-7. doi: 10.1364/AO.50.005791.
The overlap profile, also known as crossover function or geometric form factor, is often a source of uncertainty for lidar measurements. This paper describes a method for measuring the overlap by presenting the lidar with a virtual cloud through the use of an imaging system. Results show good agreement with horizontal hard target lidar measurements and with geometric overlap calculated for the ideal aberration-free case.