Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 15, 1506006(2024)

Few Photon Detection Signal Processing Based on Neural Network

Heliang Song1,2, Shaobo Li1,2, Huagui Li1,2, and Xuchao Liu1,2、*
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  • 1The 54th Research Institute of CETC, Shijiazhuang 050081, Hebei, China
  • 2Hebei Key Laboratory of Photonic Information Technology and Application, Shijiazhuang 050081, Hebei, China
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    Geiger-mode avalanche photon diode (GM-APD) array improving the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) has been widely concerned in laser communication and photonic radar. However, due to low transmitting power and strong background noise, the SNR is also low in low-photon detection signal processing. In order to solve the problem, we establish a mathematical model of signal processing based on time-domain and spatial-domain convolutional neural network. The model superimposes echo signals of adjacent four frames in the time domain. In the spatial domain, matrix dimension expansion algorithm is used to expand the convolution kernel dimension, and then echo photon signals are extracted through convolutional neural network. The results show that method can effectively extract the echo photon signal from the noise signal and improve the SNR by 4.5 times. This article can provide references for the hundred-kilometer low-photon detection signal processing.

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Jul. 17, 2023

    Accepted: Sep. 18, 2023

    Published Online: Aug. 8, 2024

    The Author Email: Xuchao Liu (liuxuchao15@mails.ucas.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP231730

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP231730

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