Cramer-Rao lower bound on range error for LADARs with Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 4581-4590

  Johnson, Steven E ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS; ERROR DETECTION; ERRORS; GEIGER COUNTERS; LASER PULSES; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS;

CRAMER-RAO LOWER BOUND; GAUSSIAN ENVELOPE; GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; LADAR SYSTEMS; LASER DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEMS; NOISE DETECTION; PHOTON COUNTING; REFLECTED LASER;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 77955884050     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.004581     Document Type: Article

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