Laser ranging and mapping with a photon-counting detector

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 441-452

  Priedhorsky, William C ^a,b   Smith, R Clayton ^a   Ho, Cheng ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laser applications; Laser ranging; Lidar; Photogrammetry; Photon counting; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSSTALK; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LASERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; REMOTE SENSING;

ATTITUDE DETERMINATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS; CROSSED DELAY LINE; EYE SAFETY; MICROCHANNEL PLATE DETECTORS; PHOTON COUNTING LASER MAPPING; SCENE TOPOGRAPHY;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0029678874     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.000441     Document Type: Article

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