A bathymetric, polarization lidar system transmitting at 532 nm and using a single photomultiplier tube is employed for applications of shallow water depth measurement. The technique exploits polarization attributes of the probed water body to isolate surface and floor returns, enabling constant fraction detection schemes to determine depth. The minimum resolvable water depth is no longer dicta...

A novel computation method of the 3D weld pool surface from specular reflection of laser beams is presented in this paper. The mathematical model for the threedimensional surface measurement technique has been developed. Structured pattern of laser is projected on the weld pool in molten state and the reflection observed using a CCD camera. These reflected patterns can be tracked using image pr...

The Laser Positioner is a unique system that determines the position of a mobile robot in a wide -open field. The measurement system employs a new technique in which particular laser beacons are used to emit two symmetrical laser beams that travel in opposite directions around the beacon and a sensor then detects the beams to measure the arrival time ratio between the beams. The two beacons are...

− The article discusses the measurement of surface displacement of an electrically conductive solid material. Deflection is excited by electro-magneto-acoustic transducer (hereinafter referred to as EMAT). Measurement is realized by laser interferometer. In our research the precise surface displacement measurement is necessary for two reasons. First is EMAT transducer numerical model convergenc...

This paper puts forward a new design idea of single lens according to the principle of optical triangulation. The minitype laser triangle probe is designed on the basis of the common direct laser triangulation whose light path is improved. A beam splitter lens is introduced to the path,and the focusing lens and imaging lens are into one. The beam splitter lens, detector and focusing lens are co...

An automated liquid column height measurement technique using the total internal reflection of a collimated laser beam from the convex meniscus surface is proposed. This new technique can alleviate the shortcomings of the traditional cathetometer that tends to introduce user bias. Experimental measurements and theoretical predictions have been conducted to examine the detected signal broadening...

This article deals with the evaluation of the chemical purity of iodine-filled absorption cells and the optical frequency references used for the frequency locking of laser standards. We summarize the recent trends and progress in absorption cell technology and we focus on methods for iodine cell purity testing. We compare two independent experimental systems based on the laser-induced fluoresc...