Fast Long-Range Photon Counting Depth Imaging With Sparse Single-Photon Data

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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Main Authors: Yan Kang, Lifei Li, Dawei Liu, Dongjian Li, Tongyi Zhang, Wei Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2018-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
Subjects:
Photon counting
lidar
three-dimensional image acquisition
three-dimensional image processing.
Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8365883/
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spelling doaj-9bd4aedd36454becae223e39a43f4bce2021-03-29T17:49:10ZengIEEEIEEE 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.
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language English
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author Yan Kang
Lifei Li
Dawei Liu
Dongjian Li
Tongyi Zhang
Wei Zhao
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.
author_facet Yan Kang
Lifei Li
Dawei Liu
Dongjian Li
Tongyi Zhang
Wei Zhao
author_sort Yan Kang
title 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_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_sort fast long-range photon counting depth imaging with sparse single-photon data
publisher IEEE
series IEEE Photonics Journal
issn 1943-0655
publishDate 2018-01-01
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.
topic Photon counting
lidar
three-dimensional image acquisition
three-dimensional image processing.
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8365883/
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