DocumentCode
904888
Title
Profiling with a GaAs laser diode radar
Author
Hansen, Jeffery P.
Volume
57
Issue
5
fYear
1969
fDate
5/1/1969 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
854
Lastpage
855
Abstract
A GaAs laser radar system is described which can produce incremental range profiles with a precision better than ±7.5 cm (±3 inches). The system employs a pulsed room-temperature GaAs injection laser, a photomultiplier tube, and a sampling oscilloscope with a digital readout.
Keywords
Coaxial components; Diode lasers; Gallium arsenide; Laser radar; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; Oscilloscopes; Photomultipliers; Sampling methods; Telescopes;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9219
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/PROC.1969.7123
Filename
1449053
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