Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 2, 021202(2022)

Multi-channel pseudo-random coding single-photon ranging and imaging

Di Wu1, Lei Yang1, Xiuliang Chen1, Zhaohui Li1、*, and Guang Wu1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
  • 2Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Instrumentation, Measurement, and Optical Sensing

    Received: Sep. 18, 2021

    Accepted: Nov. 2, 2021

    Posted: Nov. 3, 2021

    Published Online: Nov. 19, 2021

    The Author Email: Zhaohui Li (zhhli@lps.ecnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.021202

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