Photon Counting Lidars for Airborne and Spaceborne Topographic Mapping

John J. Degnan

doi:10.1364/LSC.2010.LSWA4

Lasers, Sources and Related Photonic Devices
OSA Technical Digest Series (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2010),
paper LSWA4
•https://doi.org/10.1364/LSC.2010.LSWA4

Photon Counting Lidars for Airborne and Spaceborne Topographic Mapping

John J. Degnan

Applications of Lasers for Sensing and Free Space Communications 2010

San Diego, California United States
3–3 February 2010
ISBN: 978-1-55752-880-3

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Abstract

Photon-counting topographic lidars are the most efficient possible since they require only one detected photon per surface measurement. Daytime images obtained with an airborne photon-counting lidar are presented, and upcoming space applications are discussed.

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