Modeling the target acquisition performance of laser-range-gated imagers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5076, Issue , 2003, Pages 101-111

  Vollmerhausen, Richard ^a   Jacobs, Eddie ^a   Devitt, Nicole ^a   Maurer, Tana ^a   Halford, Carl ^a  

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Author keywords

Laser Range Gated Imagers; Performance modeling; Speckle; Target acquisition

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; LASER PULSES; LASERS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHTING; SPECKLE;

LASER RANGE GATED IMAGERS;

IMAGE SENSORS;

EID: 0242443336     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.487234     Document Type: Conference Paper

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