LASER DEPTH MEASUREMENT BASED ON TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTING

Authors
MASSA JS WALLACE AM BULLER GS FANCEY SJ WALKER AC
Citation
Js. Massa et al., LASER DEPTH MEASUREMENT BASED ON TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTING, Optics letters, 22(8), 1997, pp. 543-545
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
22
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
543 - 545
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1997)22:8<543:LDMBOT>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A method for acquiring range data based on time-correlated single-phot on counting is described. This method uses a short-pulse (approximate to 10-ps) laser diode, a detector based on a silicon single-photon ava lanche diode, and standard photon-counting timing electronics. The acc uracy of the technique has been measured as approximate to +/- 30 mu m in a laboratory experiment and corresponds closely to the results of a theoretical simulation. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.