| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 846200 | Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We experimentally studied photon-counting laser ranging at 1550 nm using InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode based single-photon detectors (SPDs). The SPDs operated in the passive quenching and 1-GHz sinusoidal gating Geiger modes, corresponding to continuous and quasi-continuous photon-counting ranging, respectively. Despite that the passively quenched SPD provided relatively high effective detection efficiency, quasi-continuous photon-counting ranging excelled the continuous one with fast acquisition speed and improved depth resolution due to the short deadtime and low timing jitter of the SPD in 1-GHz sinusoidally gated mode.
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Authors
Jianhua Huang, Min Ren, Yan Liang, Zhiyuan Wang, Xiaomeng Wang, Weibin Kong, E. Wu, Guang Wu, Heping Zeng,