Three-dimensional imaging with arrays of Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5353, Issue , 2004, Pages 105-116

  Aull, Brian F ^a   Loomis, Andrew H ^a   Young, Douglas J ^a   Stern, Alvin ^a   Felton, Bradley J ^a   Daniels, Peter J ^a   Landers, Debbie J ^a   Retherford, Larry ^a   Rathman, Dennis D ^a   Heinrichs, Richard M ^a   Marino, Richard M ^a   Fouche, Daniel G ^a   Albota, Marius A ^a   Hatch, Robert E ^a   Rowe, Gregory S ^a   Kocher, David G ^a   Mooney, James G ^a   O'Brien, Michael E ^a   Player, Brian E ^a   Willard, Berton C ^a   Liau, Zong Long ^a   Zayhowski, John J ^a   more..

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic imaging; Focal plane arrays; Ladar; Laser radar; Lidar

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC IMAGING; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; LADAR IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL PULSES;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; SCANNING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 3543068175     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.532723     Document Type: Conference Paper

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