Thickness measurement system for transparent plates using dual digital versatile disc (DVD) pickups

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 637-643

  Liu, Chien Hung ^a   Yeh, Shien Chang ^a   Huang, Hsueh Liang ^b  

^a NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; PICKUPS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; THICKNESS GAGES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; VIDEODISKS;

DIGITAL VERSATILE DISC; DVD PICKUP; FOCUSING ERROR SIGNALS; HIGH-PRECISION; LOW COSTS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; OPTICAL METHODS; OPTICAL PATH;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 76649106469     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.000637     Document Type: Article

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