Range imager performance comparison in homodyne and heterodyne operating modes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7239, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Conroy, Richard M ^a   Dorrington, Adrian A ^a   Künnemeyer, Rainer ^a   Cree, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Camera; Gain modulation; Heterodyne; Homodyne; Imaging; PMD; Range; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

GAIN MODULATION; HETERODYNE; HOMODYNE; IMAGING; PMD; RANGE;

CAMERAS; ELECTRON TUBES; FIRMWARE; IMAGE SENSORS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; MODULATION; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; RANGE FINDING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HETERODYNING;

EID: 63549107588     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.806139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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