Single-photon laser methane detection methodology and initial validation

Shouzheng Zhu; Shijie Liu; Guoliang Tang; Xin He; Senyuan Wang; Shicheng Yang; Pujiang Huang; Wenhang Yang; Hao Zhou; Bangjian Zhao; Chunlai Li; Jianyu Wang

doi:10.3788/COL202422.100101

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 10, 100101(2024)

Single-photon laser methane detection methodology and initial validation

Shouzheng Zhu^1,2,3, Shijie Liu¹, Guoliang Tang^1、**, Xin He¹, Senyuan Wang⁴, Shicheng Yang⁵, Pujiang Huang^1,2,3, Wenhang Yang^1,2,3, Hao Zhou¹, Bangjian Zhao¹, Chunlai Li^1,4、*, and Jianyu Wang^1,4

Author Affiliations

¹Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou 310024, China

²Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

³University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

⁴Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200083, China

⁵School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China

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Shouzheng Zhu, Shijie Liu, Guoliang Tang, Xin He, Senyuan Wang, Shicheng Yang, Pujiang Huang, Wenhang Yang, Hao Zhou, Bangjian Zhao, Chunlai Li, Jianyu Wang, "Single-photon laser methane detection methodology and initial validation," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 100101 (2024)

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Paper Information

Category: Atmospheric, Oceanic, Space, and Environmental Optics

Received: Mar. 18, 2024

Accepted: May. 17, 2024

Published Online: Oct. 17, 2024

The Author Email: Guoliang Tang (tangguoliang@ucas.ac.cn), Chunlai Li (lichunlai@mail.sitp.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.100101

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.100101

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