Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 10, 20220565(2022)

Research on velocity measurement based on time-correlated single photon counting

Jie Yang1, Caixi Wang2, Kai Qiao1, Meng Tang1, and Chenfei Jin1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
  • 2Tianjin Jinhang Institute of Technical Physics, Tianjin 300308, China
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    Schematic diagram of time correlated single photon counting. (a) System diagram; (b) Schematic diagram of the channel analyzer principle
    Time correlated single photon counting measuring distance and velocity system. (a) System diagram; (b) Velocity simulator device
    TCSPC diagram when the target is stationary
    The t-x diagram of the uniform motion process of the target
    The TCSPC graphs obtained by accumulating the number of photons with different numbers, from (a) to (d) are , , , and pulses the number of photons accumulated within the sequence number不同数量的光子数累计获得的TCSPC图,从(a)~(d)依次为、、、个脉冲序列数内积累的光子数
    The t-x diagrams formed by measuring distance with different photon numbers, from (a) to (d) are , , and pulses the number of photons accumulated within the sequence number不同光子数测距形成的t-x图,从(a)~(d)依次为、、、个脉冲序列数内积累的光子数。
    • Table 1. Accumulation of different numbers of photons and corresponding velocity measurement value, absolute deviation and relative deviation of velocity measurement

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      Table 1. Accumulation of different numbers of photons and corresponding velocity measurement value, absolute deviation and relative deviation of velocity measurement

      Number of pulse sequences for single measurement/pieces Average number of photons in a single measurement/pieces Measured value/m·s−1Absolute error/m·s−1Relative error
      $ 1\times {10}^{3} $$ 5\times {10}^{1} $3.4530.97339.23%
      $ 2\times {10}^{3} $$ 1\times {10}^{2} $2.960.4819.35%
      $ 1\times {10}^{4} $$ 5\times {10}^{2} $2.4880.0080.32%
      $ 2\times {10}^{4} $$ 1\times {10}^{3} $2.4780.0020.08%
      $ 1\times {10}^{5} $$5\times {10}^{3}$2.4810.0010.04%
      $ 2\times {10}^{5} $$ 1\times {10}^{4} $2.4670.0130.52%
      $ 1\times {10}^{6} $$ 5\times {10}^{4} $2.4490.0311.25%
      $ 2\times {10}^{6} $$ 1\times {10}^{5} $1.8750.60524.40%
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    Category: Lasers & Laser optics

    Received: Aug. 11, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 6, 2023

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20220565

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