To obtain a coherent laser radar device that realizes high reliability and
the high output of a transmitted light, the device includes a first
optical coupler that branches a laser beam from a laser source into two
lights, a local light and a transmitted light, an optical modulator that
modulates the transmitted light, a space type optical amplifier that
amplifies the modulated transmitted light, a transmitting/receiving
optical system that applies the amplified transmitted light toward a
target and receives a scattered light from the target, a
transmitting/receiving light splitting device that splits the transmitted
light and the received light, a second optical coupler that mixes the
local light and the split received light together, a photodetector that
detects heterodyne of a mixed light, a beat signal amplifier that
amplifies a detected signal, a signal processing device that processes an
amplified signal, and a display device that displays a processed result.
The first and second optical couplers and an optical modulator are
structured by polarization maintained type optical elements, and an
optical path that extends from the laser source to the space type optical
amplifier through the first optical coupler, an optical path that extends
from the transmitting/receiving light splitting device to the
photodetector through the second optical coupler, and an optical path
that extends from the first optical coupler to the second optical coupler
are connected by polarization maintained type single mode optical fibers.