High resolution and Sensitivity Up-Conversion Mid-Infrared Photon Counting LIDAR
2020
A single-photon-counting mid-infrared LIDAR is presented. 2.4 µm mid-infrared photons were up-converted to 737 nm by intra-cavity mixing in a periodically poled rubidium-doped ${{\rm KTiOPO}_4}$KTiOPO4 crystal inside a ${{\rm Nd:YVO}_4}$Nd:YVO4 laser. The up-converted photons were detected by a Si single-photon avalanche photodiode (SPAD). A temporal resolution of 42 ps and a dark count rate of 500 Hz were achieved, limited by the SPAD and ambient light leakage. It allowed for detection of two targets separated by only a few millimeters. This technique is easily extendable to longer wavelengths, limited primarily by the nonlinear crystal transparency.
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