Influence of speckle on laser range finders

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DOIResolve DOI: http://doi.org/10.1364/AO.30.002873
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  1. National Research Council Canada. NRC Institute for Information Technology
TypeArticle
Journal titleApplied Optics
ISSN1559-128X
2155-3165
Volume30
Issue20
Pages2873–2878
Abstract
Speckle noise is shown to constitute a fundamental limit to laser range finders based on triangulation. A model is derived that relates the magnitude of this noise to the optical geometry used. Synchronized laser scanners are shown to have inherent speckle noise reduction properties. Experimental results are presented.
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LanguageEnglish
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NRC numberNRCC 33146
NPARC number8913732
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