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Poster

Resolution Limit of Single-Photon LiDAR

Stanley H. Chan · Hashan K Weerasooriya · Weijian Zhang · Pamela Abshire · Istvan Gyongy · Robert Henderson

Arch 4A-E Poster #107
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Fri 21 Jun 5 p.m. PDT — 6:30 p.m. PDT

Abstract:

Single-photon Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) systems are often equipped with an array of detectors for improved spatial resolution and sensing speed. However, given a fixed amount of flux produced by the laser transmitter across the scene, the per-pixel Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) will decrease when more pixels are packed in a unit space. This presents a fundamental trade-off between the spatial resolution of the sensor array and the SNR received at each pixel. Theoretical characterization of this fundamental limit is explored. By deriving the photon arrival statistics and introducing a series of new approximation techniques, the Mean Squared Error (MSE) of the estimated time delay of a known scene is derived. The theoretical predictions have a good match with simulations and real data.

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