Fast Long-Range Photon Counting Depth Imaging With Sparse Single-Photon Data
Fast depth imaging of noncooperative targets at a range of up to 900 m is demonstrated based on the time-of-flight time-correlated single-photon counting technique. Experimental results shown that our image system has the ability of reconstructing depth images with data of less than one photon per p...
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| description | Fast depth imaging of noncooperative targets at a range of up to 900 m is demonstrated based on the time-of-flight time-correlated single-photon counting technique. Experimental results shown that our image system has the ability of reconstructing depth images with data of less than one photon per pixel. Especially, utilizing a modified total variation regularization algorithm with an optimal initial value, the acquisition time necessary for each pixel could be reduced by a factor of 8 compared to the traditional median filter approach, and the image processing time is extremely improved. This depth imaging system is a low-light-level device for a variety of applications, such as target detection, space surveillance, and distance measurement. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9bd4aedd36454becae223e39a43f4bce2025-08-20T02:38:09ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552018-01-0110311010.1109/JPHOT.2018.28406818365883Fast Long-Range Photon Counting Depth Imaging With Sparse Single-Photon DataYan Kang0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7694-9875Lifei Li1Dawei Liu2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9719-7433Dongjian Li3Tongyi Zhang4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7908-8046Wei Zhao5State Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics, Xi’an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, ChinaFast depth imaging of noncooperative targets at a range of up to 900 m is demonstrated based on the time-of-flight time-correlated single-photon counting technique. Experimental results shown that our image system has the ability of reconstructing depth images with data of less than one photon per pixel. Especially, utilizing a modified total variation regularization algorithm with an optimal initial value, the acquisition time necessary for each pixel could be reduced by a factor of 8 compared to the traditional median filter approach, and the image processing time is extremely improved. This depth imaging system is a low-light-level device for a variety of applications, such as target detection, space surveillance, and distance measurement.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8365883/Photon countinglidarthree-dimensional image acquisitionthree-dimensional image processing. |
| spellingShingle | Yan Kang Lifei Li Dawei Liu Dongjian Li Tongyi Zhang Wei Zhao Fast Long-Range Photon Counting Depth Imaging With Sparse Single-Photon Data IEEE Photonics Journal Photon counting lidar three-dimensional image acquisition three-dimensional image processing. |
| title | Fast Long-Range Photon Counting Depth Imaging With Sparse Single-Photon Data |
| title_full | Fast Long-Range Photon Counting Depth Imaging With Sparse Single-Photon Data |
| title_fullStr | Fast Long-Range Photon Counting Depth Imaging With Sparse Single-Photon Data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fast Long-Range Photon Counting Depth Imaging With Sparse Single-Photon Data |
| title_short | Fast Long-Range Photon Counting Depth Imaging With Sparse Single-Photon Data |
| title_sort | fast long range photon counting depth imaging with sparse single photon data |
| topic | Photon counting lidar three-dimensional image acquisition three-dimensional image processing. |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8365883/ |
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