Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 52, Issue 9, 0910001(2023)

High Photon Efficiency Image Reconstruction Algorithm Based on Depth Range Selection for Single Photon Counting LiDAR

Fanxing MENG1,2, Tongyi ZHANG1,2、*, Yan KANG1, Ruikai XUE1,2, Xiaofang WANG1,2, Weiwei LI1,2, and Lifei LI1
Author Affiliations
  • 1State key Laboratory of Transient Optics and Photonics,Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics of CAS,Xi'an 710119,China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
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    Fanxing MENG, Tongyi ZHANG, Yan KANG, Ruikai XUE, Xiaofang WANG, Weiwei LI, Lifei LI. High Photon Efficiency Image Reconstruction Algorithm Based on Depth Range Selection for Single Photon Counting LiDAR[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2023, 52(9): 0910001

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    Received: Mar. 16, 2023

    Accepted: Apr. 14, 2023

    Published Online: Oct. 24, 2023

    The Author Email: ZHANG Tongyi (tyzhang@opt.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20235209.0910001

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