Ground-to-space laser imaging: Review 2001

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4489, Issue , 2002, Pages 35-47

  Voelz, David G ^a   Belsher, John F ^a   Ulibarri, Laura ^a   Gamiz, Victor ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active imaging; Fourier telescopy; Imaging correlography; Interferometry; Laser imaging; Satellite imaging; Sheared coherent interferometric photography; Sheared beam imaging; Speckle imaging

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RADAR; SATELLITES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECKLE; WAVEFRONTS;

FOURIER TELESCOPY; IMAGING CORRELOGRAPHY; LASER IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENT NOISE; SATELLITE IMAGING; SHEARED BEAM IMAGING; SHEARED COHERENT INTERFEROMETRIC PHOTOGRAPHY;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036396734     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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