Wide-range distance meter based on frequency modulation of an Nd:YAG laser

Optical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1949-1952

  Minoni, Umberto ^a   Scotti, Giovanni ^a   Docchio, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distance measurements; Frequency chirps; Interferometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009627090     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.600628     Document Type: Article

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