Use of laser scanning system on mobile underwater platforms

Author

Gordon, Alan

Author_Institution

Spectrum Eng. Inc., San Diego, CA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

2-3 Jun 1992

Firstpage

202

Lastpage

205

Abstract

An underwater laser-based synchronous scanning system which produces high quality images through turbid waters is described. A prototype system has been developed to demonstrate the operational feasibility of the synchronous line scan architecture. This prototype system incorporated an argon ion laser operating at 488 and 514.5 nm. Operational systems could incorporate a frequency doubled Nd:YAG solid-state laser operating at a wavelength of 532 nm. Both laser configurations operate at wavelengths attractive for use in underwater systems due to minimum light attenuation at these wavelengths. The operational platform results presented were performed on a research submarine and a towed body

Keywords

image processing; image scanners; ion lasers; laser scanners; 488 to 514.5 nm; Ar ion laser; argon ion laser; laser image scanning system; mobile underwater platforms; underwater laser-based synchronous scanning system; Absorption; Light scattering; Lighting; Optical attenuators; Optical imaging; Optical propagation; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Particle scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Technology, 1992. AUV '92., Proceedings of the 1992 Symposium on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0704-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUV.1992.225210

Filename

225210