Displacement sensing resolution of position-sensitive detectors in atmospheric turbulence using retroreflected beam

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1133-1136

  Mäkynen, Anssi ^a   Kostamovaara, Juha Tapio ^a   Myllylä, Risto Antero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Angle of arrival fluctuations; Atmospheric turbulence; Displacement sensing; Position sensitive detector (psd); Retroreflected beam

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES;

CORNER CUBE REFLECTORS; POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTORS; RETROREFLECTED BEAMS;

SENSORS;

EID: 0031245584     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.676726     Document Type: Article

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