Multi-beam single-photon-counting three-dimensional imaging lidar

Zhaohui Li, E. Wu, Chengkai Pang, Bingcheng Du, Yuliang Tao, Huan Peng, Heping Zeng, Guang Wu

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10189-10195
Number of pages7
JournalOptics Express
Volume25
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2017

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