Profiling of hot surfaces by pulsed time-of-flight laser range finder techniques

Applied Optics

Volumn 32, Issue 27, 1993, Pages 5334-5347

  Määttä, Kari ^a   Kostamovaara, Juha ^a   Myllylä, Risto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Laser optics; Range finders; Thickness measurement

Indexed keywords

HOT SURFACE; LASER; RANGE FINDER;

OPTICS; LASER OPTICS; OPTICAL RADAR; RADAR; RADAR EQUIPMENT; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RANGE FINDERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

PULSED TIME-OF-FLIGHT LASER RANGE GRINDER TECHNIQUES; RANGE FINDERS; RECEIVER OPTICS;

LASERS; PULSED LASERS;

AVERAGING TECHNIQUE; BACKGROUND RADIATION; INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS; LASER RANGE FINDERS; MEASUREMENT RESOLUTION; OPTICAL; REAL MEASUREMENTS; REFRACTORY LINING;

EID: 0027790068     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.32.005334     Document Type: Article

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