Aperture dependence of the mixing efficiency, the signal-to-noise ratio, and the speckle number in coherent lidar receivers

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3143-3148

  Leeb, Walter R ^a   Winzer, Peter J ^a   Kudielka, Klaus H ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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EID: 0038122726     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.003143     Document Type: Article

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