Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14 (7): 071201, Published Online: Aug. 3, 2018   

Long-range laser ranging using superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors Download: 1117次

Author Affiliations
1 Key Laboratory for Space Object Measurements, Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunications Technology, Beijing 100094, China
2 Research Institute of Superconductor Electronics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
3 Yunnan Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650011, China
4 Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
Abstract
We demonstrate laser-ranging results for non-cooperative targets at ranges of 237 m and 19 km using superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SSPD). We upgrade the kilohertz rate laser-ranging system with a newly developed SSPD module, and the equivalent detection diameter is enlarged to 50 μm with a fiber and micro-lenses. Both retroreflectors and non-cooperative surfaces of aluminum foil, a solar panel, and a concrete panel at distances of 237 m and 19 km, whose echoes are of single-photon level, are ranged with sub-centimeter precision. Experimental signal-to-noise ratio curves with the product of quantum efficiency and system transmittance are obtained, which indicates that our system, with an average laser power of 0.8 W and a receiving aperture of 1.2 m, may be capable for space debris ranging at a distance of 800 km. This work suggests that SSPDs have the potential to be used for space debris surveillance.

Li Xue, Ming Li, Labao Zhang, Dongsheng Zhai, Zhulian Li, Lin Kang, Yuqiang Li, Honglin Fu, Ming Ming, Sen Zhang, Xu Tao, Yaoheng Xiong, Peiheng Wu. Long-range laser ranging using superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(7): 071201.

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