Cylinder gauge measurement using a position sensitive detector

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 30, 2007, Pages 7469-7474

  John, W Doyle St ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT;

CYLINDER GAUGE MEASUREMENT; POSITION SENSITIVE DETECTOR (PSD);

GAGES;

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 37549062991     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.007469     Document Type: Article

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