The invention relates to a method and
system for measuring the
lateral velocity of a target based on composite modulation of polarization and orbital
angular momentum, and belongs to the field of
laser velocity measurement. The invention aims to solve the problem that existing
laser lateral velocity measurement methods and technologies cannot accurately measure the
lateral velocity of a moving target in atmospheric turbulence and determine the direction of the velocity. The method of the invention comprises the following steps: S1. Modulating a
laser signal to generate a dual-mode vortex beam with 1st and 4th order superposition, compositely modulating the laser
signal with polarization and orbital
angular momentum with a
Gaussian beam to generate a modulation
signal, and irradiating the target object with atmospheric turbulence to generate an
echo signal; S2. Using a
wavefront sensor to obtain the distorted phase of the polarization component of the
Gaussian beam, generating a compensation phase to perform
phase correction on the dual-mode vortex beam; S3. Using an array
detector to detect the polarization component of the dual-mode vortex beam after
phase compensation correction, the polarization component of the dual-mode vortex beam is used to obtain three lateral
Doppler effect spot areas of the echo
light field, which are then detected and calculated by the array
detector to determine the magnitude and direction of the lateral velocity of the moving target.