TY - JOUR
T1 - Single-Photon Counting Laser Ranging with Optical Frequency Combs
AU - Ren, Xinyi
AU - Xu, Bo
AU - Fei, Qilai
AU - Liang, Yan
AU - Ge, Jinman
AU - Wang, Xiaoyue
AU - Huang, Kun
AU - Yan, Ming
AU - Zeng, Heping
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - Time-of-flight single-photon counting laser ranging offers an important tool for remote sensing and imaging. However, limited by the temporal properties of a single-photon detection and counting system, it encounters a challenge for high-resolution and high-precision distance metrology. Here, we incorporated dual-comb based laser ranging, an enabling technique for rapid distance measurements with high precision and large range ambiguity, with time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) technology and demonstrated its feasibility for precise laser ranging under a photon-starved condition. Based on interferometric measurements of two asynchronous 2.8-pW, 25-GHz electro-optic laser combs with TCSPC, micrometer-level ranging precision was achieved for consistent distance measurements (a stand-off distance of 15.6 m) over several days. New opportunities might open up for high-resolution and high-precision single-photon counting laser ranging.
AB - Time-of-flight single-photon counting laser ranging offers an important tool for remote sensing and imaging. However, limited by the temporal properties of a single-photon detection and counting system, it encounters a challenge for high-resolution and high-precision distance metrology. Here, we incorporated dual-comb based laser ranging, an enabling technique for rapid distance measurements with high precision and large range ambiguity, with time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) technology and demonstrated its feasibility for precise laser ranging under a photon-starved condition. Based on interferometric measurements of two asynchronous 2.8-pW, 25-GHz electro-optic laser combs with TCSPC, micrometer-level ranging precision was achieved for consistent distance measurements (a stand-off distance of 15.6 m) over several days. New opportunities might open up for high-resolution and high-precision single-photon counting laser ranging.
KW - Laser ranging
KW - optical frequency comb
KW - single-photon counting
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85098011444
U2 - 10.1109/LPT.2020.3042499
DO - 10.1109/LPT.2020.3042499
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:85098011444
SN - 1041-1135
VL - 33
SP - 27
EP - 30
JO - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
JF - IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
IS - 1
M1 - 9281096
ER -