Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 58, Issue 10, 1011023(2021)

Solar-Blind Ultraviolet Single-Photon Imaging

Zhaohui Li, Guangyue Shen, Chengkai Pang, and Guang Wu*
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  • State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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    In this study, a solar-blind ultraviolet single-photon imaging system was developed. The laser three-dimensional imaging was realized within a distance of 0--400 m with 22-mm imaging precision by combining the single-photon detector with Geiger-mode Si avalanche photodiode (Si APD) and the time-correlated single-photon counting technique. In the experiment, a 266-nm pulsed laser source was used, which is in the solar-blind band. Due to the atmospheric absorption, there is no background light noise at 266-nm wavelength on the surface of the Earth. This significantly improves the antibackground noise ability of the single-photon imaging system. Thus, this system can be operated on a sunny day to realize all-day single-photon imaging within a middle-long distance.

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    Zhaohui Li, Guangyue Shen, Chengkai Pang, Guang Wu. Solar-Blind Ultraviolet Single-Photon Imaging[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(10): 1011023

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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: Jan. 26, 2021

    Accepted: Mar. 3, 2021

    Published Online: May. 28, 2021

    The Author Email: Wu Guang (gwu@phy.ecnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202158.1011023

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