Optimum injection current waveform for a laser range finder based on the self-mixing effect

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5277, Issue , 2004, Pages 334-345

  Bertling, K ^a   Tucker, J R ^a   Rakic, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Current reshaping; Distance measurement; Laser range finder; Optical feedback; Self mixing; Thermal effects

Indexed keywords

CURRENT RESHAPING; LASER RANGE FINDER; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; SELF MIXING;

BACKSCATTERING; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LASER BEAMS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTODIODES; RANGE FINDERS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 2442471730     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.523267     Document Type: Conference Paper

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