Abstract
Photon-counting laser ranging has attracted a lot of research interest for its application in the altimeter. In this letter, we report a large scale multi-beam photon-counting laser imaging system by using 100 laser beams in linear array as the light source. Taking advantage of a 100-channel low-noise high-efficiency single-photon detector, the three-dimensional image of remote targets could be constructed rapidly according to the time-of-flight measurement. This system provides a solution for a high-speed, high-resolution, low energy-consumption pushbroom airborne or spaceborne laser altimeter.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 10189-10195 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Optics Express |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 9 |
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| State | Published - 1 May 2017 |