Laser ranging: A critical review of usual techniques for distance measurement

Optical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-19

  Amann, Markus Christian ^a   Bosch, Thierry ^b   Lescure, Marc ^b   Myllylä, Risto ^c   Rioux, Marc ^d  

^a WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distance measurement; Laser radar; Laser ranging; Three dimensional vision; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER OPTICS; PHASE SHIFT; RANGE FINDERS;

LASER RANGE FINDING METHODS; TRIANGULATION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0035056626     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1330700     Document Type: Article

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