We demonstrate a portable system integrated with time comparison,absolute distance ranging,and optical communication(TRC)to meet the requirements of space gravitational wave detection.A 1 km free-space asynchronous tw...We demonstrate a portable system integrated with time comparison,absolute distance ranging,and optical communication(TRC)to meet the requirements of space gravitational wave detection.A 1 km free-space asynchronous two-way optical link is performed.The TRC realizes optical communication with 7.7×10^(−5) bit error rate with a Si avalanche photodiode singlephoton detector,while the signal intensity is 1.4 photons per pulse with the background noise of 3×10^(4) counts per second.The distance measurement uncertainty is 48.3 mm,and time comparison precision is 162.4 ps.In this TRC system,a verticalcavity surface-emitting laser diode with a power of 9.1μW is used,and the equivalent receiving aperture is 0.5 mm.The TRC provides a miniaturization solution for ultra-long distance inter-satellite communication,time comparison,and ranging for space gravitational wave detectors.展开更多
We report a frequency-multiplexing method for multi-beam photon-counting light detection and ranging(Li DAR),where only one single-pixel single-photon detector is employed to simultaneously detect the multibeam echoes...We report a frequency-multiplexing method for multi-beam photon-counting light detection and ranging(Li DAR),where only one single-pixel single-photon detector is employed to simultaneously detect the multibeam echoes.In this frequency-multiplexing multi-beam Li DAR,each beam is from an independent laser source with different repetition rates and independent phases.As a result,the photon counts from different beams could be discriminated from each other due to the strong correlation between the laser pulses and their respective echo photons.A 16-beam Li DAR system was demonstrated in three-dimensional laser imaging with 16 pulsed laser diodes at 850 nm and one single-photon detector based on a Si-avalanche photodiode.This frequencymultiplexing method can greatly reduce the number of single-photon detectors in multi-beam Li DAR systems,which may be useful for low-cost and eye-safe Li DAR applications.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11804099,62075062,62175067,and 11621404)Research Funds of Happiness Flower ECNU(No.2021ST2110).
文摘We demonstrate a portable system integrated with time comparison,absolute distance ranging,and optical communication(TRC)to meet the requirements of space gravitational wave detection.A 1 km free-space asynchronous two-way optical link is performed.The TRC realizes optical communication with 7.7×10^(−5) bit error rate with a Si avalanche photodiode singlephoton detector,while the signal intensity is 1.4 photons per pulse with the background noise of 3×10^(4) counts per second.The distance measurement uncertainty is 48.3 mm,and time comparison precision is 162.4 ps.In this TRC system,a verticalcavity surface-emitting laser diode with a power of 9.1μW is used,and the equivalent receiving aperture is 0.5 mm.The TRC provides a miniaturization solution for ultra-long distance inter-satellite communication,time comparison,and ranging for space gravitational wave detectors.
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(11621404,11774095,11804099)Shanghai Basic Research Project(18JC1412200)Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities(B12024)
文摘We report a frequency-multiplexing method for multi-beam photon-counting light detection and ranging(Li DAR),where only one single-pixel single-photon detector is employed to simultaneously detect the multibeam echoes.In this frequency-multiplexing multi-beam Li DAR,each beam is from an independent laser source with different repetition rates and independent phases.As a result,the photon counts from different beams could be discriminated from each other due to the strong correlation between the laser pulses and their respective echo photons.A 16-beam Li DAR system was demonstrated in three-dimensional laser imaging with 16 pulsed laser diodes at 850 nm and one single-photon detector based on a Si-avalanche photodiode.This frequencymultiplexing method can greatly reduce the number of single-photon detectors in multi-beam Li DAR systems,which may be useful for low-cost and eye-safe Li DAR applications.
