Single-photon detection for long-range imaging and sensing

RH Hadfield, J Leach, F Fleming, DJ Paul, CH Tan… - Optica, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Single-photon detectors with picosecond timing resolution have advanced rapidly in the past
decade. This has spurred progress in time-correlated single-photon counting applications …

Emerging single-photon detection technique for high-performance photodetector

J Liu, Z Peng, C Tan, L Yang, R Xu, Z Wang - Frontiers of Physics, 2024 - Springer
Single-photon detections (SPDs) represent a highly sensitive light detection technique
capable of detecting individual photons at extremely low light intensity levels. This …

Asymmetric imaging through engineered Janus particle obscurants using a Monte Carlo approach for highly asymmetric scattering media

AF da Mota, MM Sadafi, H Mosallaei - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The advancement of imaging systems has significantly ameliorated various technologies,
including Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Systems and Guidance Systems, by …

TDC-less direct time-of-flight imaging using spiking neural networks

JI MacLean, B Stewart, I Gyongy - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Three-dimensional depth sensors using single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are
becoming increasingly common in applications such as autonomous navigation and object …

Resolution Limit of Single-Photon LiDAR

SH Chan, HK Weerasooriya, W Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Abstract Single-photon Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) systems are often equipped
with an array of detectors for improved spatial resolution and sensing speed. However given …

Robust framework for modelling long range dToF SPAD Lidar performance

S Scholes, E Wade, A McCarthy, J Garcia-Armenta… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Time-of-flight Lidars based on single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) detector arrays are
emerging as a strong candidate technology for long range three-dimensional imaging in …

3D point cloud reconstruction for array GM-APD lidar based on echo waveform decomposition

X Zhang, P Ye, J Sun, S Li, D Liu, X Zhou… - Infrared Physics & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Array GM-APD lidar only reconstructs one response distance per pixel, resulting in 3D point
clouds sparse. This paper proposes a 3D point cloud reconstruction algorithm using echo …

Bayesian neuromorphic imaging for single-photon LiDAR

D Yao, G Mora-Martín, I Gyongy, S Scholes, J Leach… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
This paper proposes a Bayesian approach to enable single photon avalanche diode (SPAD)
arrays to be used as pseudo event cameras that report changes in the scene. Motivated by …

Visualising varnish removal for conservation of paintings by fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM)

CB Wilda, A Burnstock, K Suhling… - Heritage Science, 2023 - Springer
The removal of varnish from the surface is a key step in painting conservation. Varnish
removal is traditionally monitored by examining the painting surface under ultraviolet …

Target-adaptive optical phased array lidar

Y Fu, B Chen, W Yue, M Tao, H Zhao, Y Li, X Li… - Photonics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Lidar based on the optical phased array (OPA) and frequency-modulated continuous wave
(FMCW) technology stands out in automotive applications due to its all-solid-state design …