• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 52, Issue 4, 20220469 (2023)
Jun Hui, Hongzhou Chai, Minzhi Xiang, Zhenqiang Du, and Kaidi Jin
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  • College of Geospatial Information, Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20220469 Cite this Article
    Jun Hui, Hongzhou Chai, Minzhi Xiang, Zhenqiang Du, Kaidi Jin. Detection performance of spaceborne photon-counting LiDAR based on quantum enhancement[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2023, 52(4): 20220469 Copy Citation Text show less
    Statistical distribution of photon numbers. (a) Thermal distribution; (b) Coherent distribution; (c) Mixed distribution
    Fig. 1. Statistical distribution of photon numbers. (a) Thermal distribution; (b) Coherent distribution; (c) Mixed distribution
    Statistical distribution of coherent and squeezed states. (a) r=0.5,; (b) r=0.2, 相干态与压缩态的统计分布。(a) r=0.5, ;(b) r=0.2,
    Fig. 2. Statistical distribution of coherent and squeezed states. (a) r=0.5, ; (b) r=0.2, 相干态与压缩态的统计分布。(a) r=0.5, ;(b) r=0.2,
    Detection probability of photon-counting lidar under different thresholds
    Fig. 3. Detection probability of photon-counting lidar under different thresholds
    False alarm probability of photon-counting lidar under different thresholds
    Fig. 4. False alarm probability of photon-counting lidar under different thresholds
    SNR ratio of quantum threshold detection and light intensity detection
    Fig. 5. SNR ratio of quantum threshold detection and light intensity detection
    SNR ratio of quantum-enhanced detection and light intensity detection. (a) r=0.2; (b) r=1
    Fig. 6. SNR ratio of quantum-enhanced detection and light intensity detection. (a) r=0.2; (b) r=1
    Simulation results comparing of intensity detection and quantum threshold detection
    Fig. 7. Simulation results comparing of intensity detection and quantum threshold detection
    ThresholdDetection probabilityFalse alarm probability
    Theoretical valueSimulation resultTheoretical valueSimulation result
    Nt=1 81.61%81.98%50%50.58%
    Nt=2 54.02%54.55%25%24.63%
    Nt=3 31.02%31.09%12.5%12.69%
    Nt=4 16.46%16.59%6.25%6.66%
    Nt=5 8.41%8.13%3.13%3.22%
    Table 1. Comparison between theoretical values and simulation results of detection probability and false alarm probability influenced by thresholds
    ThresholdDetection probability
    Coherent stateSqueezed state (r=0.2) Squeezed state (r=1) Squeezed state (r=2)
    Nt=1 81.61%85.49%96.39%99.50%
    Nt=2 54.02%57.43%83.40%97.34%
    Nt=3 31.02%32.31%67.01%94.19%
    Nt=4 16.46%17.29%57.57%92.32%
    Nt=5 8.41%9.65%51.66%90.93%
    Table 2. Detection probability of quantum squeezed state at different thresholds
    Jun Hui, Hongzhou Chai, Minzhi Xiang, Zhenqiang Du, Kaidi Jin. Detection performance of spaceborne photon-counting LiDAR based on quantum enhancement[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2023, 52(4): 20220469
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