3D LIDAR imaging using Ge-on-Si single–photon avalanche diode detectors

Kateryna Kuzmenko; Peter Vines; Abderrahim Halimi; Robert J. Collins; Aurora Maccarone; Aongus McCarthy; Zoë M. Greener; Jarosław Kirdoda; Derek C. S. Dumas; Lourdes Ferre Llin; Muhammad M. Mirza; Ross W. Millar; Douglas J. Paul; Gerald S. Buller

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3D LIDAR imaging using Ge-on-Si single–photon avalanche diode detectors

Kateryna Kuzmenko, Peter Vines, Abderrahim Halimi, Robert J. Collins, Aurora Maccarone, Aongus McCarthy, Zoë M. Greener, Jarosław Kirdoda, Derek C. S. Dumas, Lourdes Ferre Llin, Muhammad M. Mirza, Ross W. Millar, Douglas J. Paul, Gerald S. Buller^*

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We present a scanning light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system incorporating an individual Ge-on-Si single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) detector for depth and intensity imaging in the short-wavelength infrared region. The time-correlated single-photon counting technique was used to determine the return photon time-of-flight for target depth information. In laboratory demonstrations, depth and intensity reconstructions were made of targets at short range, using advanced image processing algorithms tailored for the analysis of single–photon time-of-flight data. These laboratory measurements were used to predict the performance of the single-photon LIDAR system at longer ranges, providing estimations that sub-milliwatt average power levels would be required for kilometer range depth measurements.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1330-1344
Number of pages	15
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	28
Issue number	2
Early online date	8 Jan 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.383243
Publication status	Published - 20 Jan 2020

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