Three-dimensional imaging laser radar with a photon-counting avalanche photodiode array and microchip laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 36, 2002, Pages 7671-7678

  Albota, Marius A ^a,b,c   Heinrichs, Richard M ^a,b   Kocher, David G ^a,b   Fouche, Daniel G ^a,b   Player, Brian E ^a,b   O’brien, Michael E ^a,b   Aull, Brian F ^a,d   Zayhowski, John J ^a,e   Mooney, James ^a,b   Willard, Berton C ^a,b   Carlson, Robert R ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b The Laser and Sensor Applications Group   (United Kingdom)

^c The Optical Communications Technology Group   (United Kingdom)

^d The Advanced Imaging Technology Group   (United States)

^e The Quantum Electronics Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS;

PHOTON-COUNTING AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 0037147527     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.007671     Document Type: Article

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