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Three-dimensional imaging laser radar with a photon-counting avalanche photodiode array and microchip laser
- Source :
- Applied Optics. Dec 20, 2002, Vol. 41 Issue 36, p7671, 8 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- We have developed a three-dimensional imaging laser radar featuring 3-cm range resolution and single-photon sensitivity. This prototype direct-detection laser radar employs compact, all-solid-state technology for the laser and detector array. The source is a Nd:YAG microchip laser that is diode pumped, passively Q-switched, and frequency doubled. The detector is a gated, passively quenched, two-dimensional array of silicon avalanche photodiodes operating in Geiger mode. After describing the system in detail, we present a three-dimensional image, derive performance characteristics, and discuss our plans for future imaging three-dimensional laser radars. OCIS codes: 280.3420, 280.3640, 120.0280, 110.6880.
Details
- ISSN :
- 1559128X
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 36
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Applied Optics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.95914443