The Potential of Single-Photon Lidar for Aviation

The Potential of Single-Photon Lidar for Aviation

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology discovered a lightweight, compact, single-photon lidar system that uses a low-power laser to capture high-resolution 3D images. The research was published in Optica.

A new compact and lightweight single-photon airborne lidar system could make single-photon lidar practical for air and space applications such as 3D terrain mapping. Image Credit: Feihu Xu, University of Science and Technology of China

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