Title
Improvement of the FMCW laser range-finder by an APD working as an optoelectronic mixer
Abstract
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
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
D. Dupuy100.34
M. Lescure251.64