Title | ||
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Improvement of the FMCW laser range-finder by an APD working as an optoelectronic mixer |
Abstract | ||
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A laser range-finder has been designed for distances from 1 to 20 m with diffusing targets. The measurement principle using a frequency modulation continuous wave technique is first described. Improvement for short distance measurements is then proposed with a new set-up using a delay line and an avalanche photodiode working as an optoelectronic mixer used to obtain a wide-band and a low-noise pho... |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2002 | 10.1109/TIM.2002.806033 | IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Voltage-controlled oscillators,Capacitance,Frequency modulation,Bandwidth,Frequency measurement,Avalanche photodiodes,Signal generators,Signal to noise ratio,Distance measurement,Wideband | Continuous wave,Wideband,Avalanche photodiode,Signal-to-noise ratio,Signal generator,Optics,Laser,Electronic engineering,Measuring principle,Frequency modulation,Optoelectronics,Physics | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
51 | 5 | 0018-9456 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 1 |
Authors | ||
2 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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D. Dupuy | 1 | 0 | 0.34 |
M. Lescure | 2 | 5 | 1.64 |