Laser speckle modeling for three-dimensional metrology and LADAR

Thesis (M.Eng. and S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 103-111).This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.In this thesis, I developed three-dimensional laser-speckle models to help in the development process of three-dimensional optical-metrology imaging systems. These models were developed to aid in the proof of concept for various three-dimensional metrology techniques. These models were then compared to real-world imaging systems, developed by both the author and other staff at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, to determine their ability to accurately model said imaging systems. I also looked at the laser speckle statistics associated with mid-field systems in an exo-atmospheric environment as they relate to LADAR.by David Richard Dunmeyer.M.Eng.and S.B