• Advanced Imaging
  • Vol. 1, Issue 1, 011003 (2024)
Peng-Yu Jiang1、2、†, Zheng-Ping Li1、2、3, Wen-Long Ye1、2, Ziheng Qiu1、2, Da-Jian Cui3、4, and Feihu Xu1、2、3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
  • 2Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Science and CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Shanghai, China
  • 3Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
  • 4Quantum Information Chip & Device Chongqing Key Laboratory, Chongqing, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/AI.2024.10001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Peng-Yu Jiang, Zheng-Ping Li, Wen-Long Ye, Ziheng Qiu, Da-Jian Cui, Feihu Xu, "High-resolution 3D imaging through dense camouflage nets using single-photon LiDAR," Adv. Imaging 1, 011003 (2024) Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The single-photon sensitivity and picosecond time resolution of single-photon light detection and ranging (LiDAR) can provide a full-waveform profile for retrieving the three-dimentional (3D) profile of the target separated from foreground clutter. This capability has made single-photon LiDAR a solution for imaging through obscurant, camouflage nets, and semitransparent materials. However, the obstructive presence of the clutter and limited pixel numbers of single-photon detector arrays still pose challenges in achieving high-quality imaging. Here, we demonstrate a single-photon array LiDAR system combined with tailored computational algorithms for high-resolution 3D imaging through camouflage nets. For static targets, we develop a 3D sub-voxel scanning approach along with a photon-efficient deconvolution algorithm. Using this approach, we demonstrate 3D imaging through camouflage nets with a 3× improvement in spatial resolution and a 7.5× improvement in depth resolution compared with the inherent system resolution. For moving targets, we propose a motion compensation algorithm to mitigate the net’s obstructive effects, achieving video-rate imaging of camouflaged scenes at 20 frame/s. More importantly, we demonstrate 3D imaging for complex scenes in various outdoor scenarios and evaluate the advanced features of single-photon LiDAR over a visible-light camera and a mid-wave infrared (MWIR) camera. The results point a way forward for high-resolution real-time 3D imaging of multi-depth scenarios.
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    Peng-Yu Jiang, Zheng-Ping Li, Wen-Long Ye, Ziheng Qiu, Da-Jian Cui, Feihu Xu, "High-resolution 3D imaging through dense camouflage nets using single-photon LiDAR," Adv. Imaging 1, 011003 (2024)
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