Double-wavelength superheterodyne interferometer for absolute ranging with submillimeter resolution: Results obtained with a demonstration model by use of rough and reflective targets

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 6211-6216

  Margheri, G ^a   Giunti, C ^b   Zatti, S ^b   Manhart, S ^c   Maurer, R ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^b Alenia Difesa Unita Officine Galileo   (Italy)

^c AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absolute ranging; Heterodyne interferometry; Speckle interferometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000412419     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.006211     Document Type: Article

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