Laser triangulation: Fundamental uncertainty in distance measurement

Applied Optics

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 1306-1314

  Dorsch, Rainer G ^a   Hausler, Gerd ^a   Herrmann, Jurgen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SENSORS; TRIANGULATION;

COHERENT SENSORS; LASER TRIANGULATION; SPECKLE NOISE;

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0028403126     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.33.001306     Document Type: Article

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