title: Demonstration of literal three-dimensional imaging.
abstract: In a recent paper a new technique was proposed for remote ranging and topographical mapping by using a system with a single-photon-counting detector and a low-power pulsed laser [Appl. Opt. 35, 441 (1996)]. We report on the results from the laboratory and the field demonstration of this literal three-dimensional imaging technique. Using a detector system developed at Los Alamos with a commercial pulsed laser and observing from a single remote vantage point, we demonstrate use of this technique in the literal mapping of three-dimensional topography and the probing of a complex scene. With a reasonably short exposure this system can resolve features with height variations as small as 5 cm.
authors.affiliation: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop D436, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Albright
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Bird
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Casperson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hindman
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Priedhorsky
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Scarlett
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Theiler
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Wilson