Medium altitude airborne Geiger-mode mapping LIDAR system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 9465, Issue January, 2015, Pages

  Clifton, William E ^a   Steele, Bradley ^b   Nelson, Graham ^b   Truscott, Antony ^c   Itzler, Mark ^d   Entwistle, Mark ^d  

^a Harris Corporation 1025 W NASA Blvd ^*  (United States)

^b Quartus Engineering Inc   (United States)

^c Truscott Designs   (United States)

^d PRINCETON LIGHTWAVE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

avalanche photodiode; FOPEN; Geiger mode; LADAR; LiDAR; mapping; single photon

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; DISASTER PREVENTION; GEIGER COUNTERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MAPPING; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; RADAR;

AIRBORNE LIDAR SYSTEMS; DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCIES; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; FOPEN; GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; GEIGER MODES; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY; SINGLE PHOTONS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

EID: 84937231754     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2193827     Document Type: Conference Paper

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