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Low-noise detector and amplifier design for 100-ns direct detection CO2 lidar receiver

The development and test results of a prototype detector/amplifier design for a background limited, pulsed 100 ns, 10 - 100 kHz repetition rate LIDAR/DIAL receiver system are presented. Design objectives include near-matched filter detection of received pulse amplitude and round trip time-of- flight, and the elimination of excess correlated detector/amplifier noise for optimal pulse averaging. A novel pole-zero cancellation amplifier, coupled with a state-of-the- art SBRC (Santa Barbara Research Center) infrared detector was implemented to meet design objectives. The pole-zero cancellation amplifier utilizes a tunable, pseudo-matched filter technique to match the width of the laser pulse to the shaping time of the filter for optimal SNR performance. Low frequency correlated noise, (1/f and drift noise) is rejected through a second order high gain feedback loop. The amplifier also employs an active detector bias stage minimizing detector drift. Experimental results will be provided that demonstrate near-background limited, 100 ns pulse detection performance given an 8.5 - 11.5 micrometer (300 K B.B.) radiant background, with the total noise floor spectrally white for optimal pulse averaging efficiency.