• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 50, Issue 3, 20200452 (2021)
Lu Xu, Xiaxia Liu, Xu Yang, Yijia Zhang, and Long Wu
Author Affiliations
  • School of Information Science and Technology, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20200452 Cite this Article
    Lu Xu, Xiaxia Liu, Xu Yang, Yijia Zhang, Long Wu. Study of wide-pulse photon counting polarization lidar to detect shallow water layer (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(3): 20200452 Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Schematic diagram for realizing polarization splitting; (b) Flow chart of program
    Fig. 1. (a) Schematic diagram for realizing polarization splitting; (b) Flow chart of program
    Schematic diagram of the double Gm-APDs polarization lidar system(FDC, Frequency doubling crystal; PIN, High-speed PIN detector; BS, Beam splitter; HWP, Half wave plate; Polarizer, Glan-Taylor prism; PBS, Polarization beam splitting prism; NBPF, Narrow band pass filter; Gm-APD, Gm-APD detecting module)
    Fig. 2. Schematic diagram of the double Gm-APDs polarization lidar system(FDC, Frequency doubling crystal; PIN, High-speed PIN detector; BS, Beam splitter; HWP, Half wave plate; Polarizer, Glan-Taylor prism; PBS, Polarization beam splitting prism; NBPF, Narrow band pass filter; Gm-APD, Gm-APD detecting module)
    (a) Double Gm-APD polarization lidar system in the laboratory; (b) Shallow water layer designed in the laboratory
    Fig. 3. (a) Double Gm-APD polarization lidar system in the laboratory; (b) Shallow water layer designed in the laboratory
    Photon counting distributions of the two Gm-APDs with different line polarized light on a pixel. (a) Horizontal line polarized light; (b) Vertical line polarized light
    Fig. 4. Photon counting distributions of the two Gm-APDs with different line polarized light on a pixel. (a) Horizontal line polarized light; (b) Vertical line polarized light
    Depth image of the shallow water layer obtained in the experiment. (a) Before the restraint of range walk error; (b) Depth image under another view of (a); (c) After the restraint of range walk error; (d) Depth image under another view of (c)
    Fig. 5. Depth image of the shallow water layer obtained in the experiment. (a) Before the restraint of range walk error; (b) Depth image under another view of (a); (c) After the restraint of range walk error; (d) Depth image under another view of (c)
    Histogram of range error distribution of experimental data points. (a) Pixels of the shallow water surface in Fig.5(a); (b) Pixels of the bottom surface in Fig.5(a); (c) Pixels of the shallow water surface in Fig.5(c); (d) Pixels of the bottom surface in Fig.5(c)
    Fig. 6. Histogram of range error distribution of experimental data points. (a) Pixels of the shallow water surface in Fig.5(a); (b) Pixels of the bottom surface in Fig.5(a); (c) Pixels of the shallow water surface in Fig.5(c); (d) Pixels of the bottom surface in Fig.5(c)
    DevicesPerformance parameters
    Semiconductor laserWavelength, 1064 nm; Pulse width, 6 ns; Repetition frequency, 2 kHz; Work wavelength of the system, 532 nm.
    Receiving telescopeField of view, <70 mrad; Diameter of telescope, 50 mm.
    Gm-APD moduleLaser components GmbH, COUNT-100C-FC; Photon detection efficiency, 70%@532 nm; Dead time, 45 ns; Dark count rate, 100 Hz; Maximum count rate, 20 MHz; Temporal jittering, 1000 ps; Length of TTL output pulse, 15 ns; High level, 3 V.
    Photon correlator cardBecker & Hickl GmbH, DPC-230; Collection time, 60 s; Operating mode,“Multicaler”; Time duration of time-bin, 164 ps.
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    Lu Xu, Xiaxia Liu, Xu Yang, Yijia Zhang, Long Wu. Study of wide-pulse photon counting polarization lidar to detect shallow water layer (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(3): 20200452
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