14 Feb 2021
How does Laser Distance Meter Work?
1. The laser distance meter uses the principle of infrared distance measurement or laser distance measurement. The principle of laser ranging can basically be ascribed to measure the time required for the light to go back and forth to the target, and then the distance D is calculated by the speed of light c=299792458m/s and the atmospheric refraction coefficient n. Because it is difficult to measure time directly, it is usually to measure the phase of continuous wave, which is called phase measuring distance meter. Of course, there are also pulsed distance measures. It should be noted that phase measurement is not to measure the phase of infrared or laser, but to measure the phase of the signal modulated on infrared or laser. The hand-held laser distance meter used for house surveying in the construction industry, applies the same principle.


