Mr. William Jerry Lentz Profile

William Jerry Lentz

Physicist at Marina Photonics, Inc.

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GHz Photon Counting , Lidar , Mathematical Physics , Atmospheric physics

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Specialize in affordable Gigahertz photon counting and Lidar. I have built seven lidar systems and been principal investigator on lidar at the Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, NM

Lentz's Algorithm - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentz%27s_algorithm
The best method for computing continued fractions.

Published on Infrared imaging of ships and for autonomous UAV landing.

Publications (8)

Proceedings Article | 14 October 1996 Paper

Infrared polarization ship images and contrast in the MAPTIP experiment

Alfred Cooper, William Lentz, Philip Walker

Proceedings Volume 2828, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.254208

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Infrared radiation, Thermography, Infrared imaging, Reflection, Optical filters, Long wavelength infrared, Ocean optics, Polarizers, Mid-IR

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Proceedings Article | 2 June 1995 Paper

Atmospheric and sea state dependence of polarized infrared contrast

Philip Walker, William Lentz, Alfred Cooper

Proceedings Volume 2469, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.210607

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Polarizers, Infrared radiation, Thermography, Visibility, Sun, Image processing, Long wavelength infrared, Image enhancement, Reflectivity

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 1994 Paper

Improved Klett lidar inversion techniques

William Lentz, Alfred Cooper, M. Regush

Proceedings Volume 2222, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177975

KEYWORDS: Clouds, Signal attenuation, LIDAR, Visibility, Calibration, Multiple scattering, Backscatter, Solids, Air contamination, Scattering

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Proceedings Article | 15 June 1994 Paper

Infrared polarization measurements of ship signatures and background contrast

Alfred Cooper, William Lentz, Philip Walker, Petrus Chan

Proceedings Volume 2223, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177924

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Infrared radiation, Infrared signatures, Far infrared, Reflection

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Proceedings Article | 1 July 1991 Paper

Ship signature measurements for tactical decision-aid input

Alfred Cooper, Edmund Milne, Eugene Crittenden, Philip Walker, E. Moore, William Lentz

Proceedings Volume 1486, (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45750

KEYWORDS: Temperature metrology, Thermography, Calibration, Sensors, Computed tomography, Data storage, Data acquisition, Forward looking infrared, Skin, Computing systems

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Proceedings Article | 1 July 1991 Paper

Image display and background analysis with the Naval Postgraduate School infrared search and target designation system

Alfred Cooper, William Lentz, Michael Baca, J. Bernier

Proceedings Volume 1486, (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45772

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Computing systems, Frame grabbers, Infrared search and track, Clouds, Thermography, Image processing, Infrared imaging, Infrared radiation, Video

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 1990 Paper

Modeling of sea surface effects in FLIR performance codes

Alfred Cooper, William Lentz, Philip Walker, E. Moore, Mark Ridgeway

Proceedings Volume 1311, (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21833

KEYWORDS: Temperature metrology, Forward looking infrared, Sensors, Target detection, Infrared radiation, Reflectivity, Environmental sensing, Skin, Performance modeling, Visibility

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 1990 Paper

Background measurements using the NPS-IRST system

Alfred Cooper, William Lentz, Raymond Engel

Proceedings Volume 1311, (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.21838

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Target detection, Clouds, Infrared search and track, Infrared radiation, Scanners, Image processing, Thermal modeling, Infrared imaging, Statistical analysis

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