• DocumentCode
    1050554
  • Title

    Laser sand detector

  • Author

    Fisher, Frederick H. ; Squier, E.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of California, San Diego, CA, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    4/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    63
  • Lastpage
    65
  • Abstract
    Laboratory measurements are presented showing how a laser sand detector (LSD) can be used to discriminate between bubbles and sand, because sand depolarizes light, whereas bubbles do not.
  • Keywords
    Optical measurements; Sea measurements; Acoustic devices; Acoustic scattering; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical scattering; Resonance light scattering; Sea measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0364-9059
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JOE.1979.1145420
  • Filename
    1145420