A low-cost laser range finder based on an FMCW-like method

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 840-843

  Journet, Bernard ^a   Bazin, Gaëlle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b ESIEE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Chirp modulation; Delay estimation; Distance measurement; Optical modulation; Semiconductor laser; Voltage controlled oscillator

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

LASER RANGE FINDERS;

RANGE FINDERS;

EID: 0034249914     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.863935     Document Type: Article

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