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5 June 2014 Advanced 3D imaging lidar concepts for long range sensing
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Recent developments in 3D imaging lidar are presented. Long range 3D imaging using photon counting is now a possibility, offering a low-cost approach to integrated remote sensing with step changing advantages in size, weight and power compared to conventional analogue active imaging technology. We report results using a Geiger-mode array for time-of-flight, single photon counting lidar for depth profiling and determination of the shape and size of tree canopies and distributed surface reflections at a range of 9km, with 4μJ pulses with a frame rate of 100kHz using a low-cost fibre laser operating at a wavelength of λ=1.5 μm. The range resolution is less than 4cm providing very high depth resolution for target identification. This specification opens up several additional functionalities for advanced lidar, for example: absolute rangefinding and depth profiling for long range identification, optical communications, turbulence sensing and time-of-flight spectroscopy. Future concepts for 3D time-of-flight polarimetric and multispectral imaging lidar, with optical communications in a single integrated system are also proposed.
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K. J. Gordon, P. A. Hiskett, and R. A. Lamb "Advanced 3D imaging lidar concepts for long range sensing", Proc. SPIE 9114, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques VIII, 91140G (5 June 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2051013
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KEYWORDS
LIDAR

Imaging systems

Profiling

3D acquisition

Turbulence

Photon counting

Single photon

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