Compact optical instrument for surface classification using self-mixing interference in a laser diode

Optical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 38-43

  Ozdemir S K ^a   Shinohara, S ^a   Ito, S ^a   Takamiya, S ^a   Yoshida, H ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Optical feedback; Optical sensor; Self mixing laser diode; Semiconductor lasers; Surface classification

Indexed keywords

LIGHT INTERFERENCE; NEURAL NETWORKS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

OPTICAL FEEDBACK; SELF-MIXING LASER DIODES;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0035071722     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1331268     Document Type: Article

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