Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 47, Issue 4, 410003(2020)

Laser Ghost Imaging Based on Time-Over-Threshold Technology

Mei Xiaodong1,2, Gong Wenlin1、*, and Han Shensheng1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    The existing laser-correlated imaging echo based on full waveform sampling experiences the problem of requiring a large amount of collected data for echo, and the limitation of the sampling rate to ranging accuracy and resolution. We propose a new ghost imaging technology based on time-over-threshold (TOT) technology to address this problem. A time width or peak inverse method based on the TOT technology is proposed to obtain the intensity information of the echo signal. The influences of the threshold choice of TOT, laser pulse width, and the measurement error of the ghost imaging reconstruction performance are also studied. Numerical simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the proposed technology can achieve laser correlation imaging. When the threshold is set to 35% of the maximum echo signal, the laser width is wider than 30 sampling intervals, and the root-mean-square error of the measurement error is not greater than 1 sampling interval, the reconstruction quality can be guaranteed. In addition, the method of obtaining the intensity information of echo signal based on peak inverse is more accurate than the time width method based on TOT.

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    Paper Information

    Category: remote sensing and sensor

    Received: Oct. 23, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 9, 2020

    The Author Email: Wenlin Gong (gongwl@siom.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL202047.0410003

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