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
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