Range–finding by triangulation with nondiffracting beams

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 2159-2161

  Davis, Jeffrey A ^a   Carcole, E ^a,b   Cottrell, Don M ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bessel function beams; Diffractive optical elements; Nondiffracting beams; Spatial light modulators

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; FUNCTIONS; HELIUM NEON LASERS; HOLOGRAMS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT MODULATORS; MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; NONDIFFRACTING BEAMS; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; ZERO ORDER BESSEL FUNCTIONS;

OPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 0030151434     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.002159     Document Type: Article

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