Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 9, 0911002(2024)

Passive Single-Photon Point Target Detection Based on First-Photon Time

Changheng Li1,2, Fan Liu1,2、*, Xiaoqing Wang1,2, Lujie Zhu1,2, and Xuefeng Liu1,2、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Figures & Tables(11)
    Probability of the first-photon time at different light intensities
    Point target detection method based on the first-photon time
    Schematic of difference algorithm between the front and back frames
    Effects of different parameters on detection accuracy. (a) Time threshold percentage; (b) sparsity of modulation matrix; (c) modulation times
    Simulation results of dynamic multi-point target detection. (a) Reconstructed and denoising results and (b) corresponding 3D intensity map of dynamic multi-point target detection under 100 modulations; (c) reconstructed and denoising results and (d) corresponding 3D intensity map of dynamic multi-point target detection under 200 modulations
    Experimental system for point target detection
    Experimental results for point target detection. (a) Static point target detection results; (b) dynamic point target detection results
    Experimental results of dynamic multi-point target detection. (a) Reconstructed results of dynamic multi-point target detection; (b) dynamic multi-point target detection results after denoising; (c) original trajectory of dynamic multi-point target; (d) experimental detection trajectory of dynamic multi-point target
    • Table 1. Effect of threshold percentage on detection accuracy

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      Table 1. Effect of threshold percentage on detection accuracy

      Threshold percentage /%0102030405060708090100
      Accuracy /%01.733.478.295.899.999.797.168.77.10
    • Table 2. Effect of sparsity on detection accuracy

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      Table 2. Effect of sparsity on detection accuracy

      Sparsity /%0103040455055607090100
      Accuracy /%010.296.295.899.599.998.695.573.37.70
    • Table 3. Effect of modulation times on detection accuracy

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      Table 3. Effect of modulation times on detection accuracy

      Modulation times0102030404550556070
      Accuracy /%04.053.487.597.699.099.999.999.9100.0
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    Changheng Li, Fan Liu, Xiaoqing Wang, Lujie Zhu, Xuefeng Liu. Passive Single-Photon Point Target Detection Based on First-Photon Time[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2024, 44(9): 0911002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: Jan. 12, 2024

    Accepted: Feb. 19, 2024

    Published Online: May. 15, 2024

    The Author Email: Fan Liu (liufan@nssc.ac.cn), Xuefeng Liu (liuxuefeng@nssc.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS240490

    CSTR:32393.14.AOS240490

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