Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 5, 0512007(2024)

Low-Cost Submillimeter-Precision Single-Photon Ranging

Shuyi Li, Qi Zhan, Zhaohui Li, and Guang Wu*
Author Affiliations
  • State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology

    Received: Mar. 28, 2023

    Accepted: May. 8, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 5, 2024

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

    DOI:10.3788/LOP230964

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP230964

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