Applicability of single photon detection for laser radar

Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 180-185

  Pfennigbauer, M ^a   Ullrich, A ^a  

^a RIEGL Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Laser radar; Laser scanning; Single photon detection; SPAD

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; PHOTODETECTORS; SCANNING;

DARK COUNT RATE; LASER SCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 34547551697     PISSN: 0932383X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00502-007-0439-2     Document Type: Article

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