@Article{McCarthy_etal2013,
author="McCarthy, Aongus
and Krichel, Nils J.
and Gemmell, Nathan R.
and Ren, Ximing
and Tanner, Michael G.
and Dorenbos, Sander N.
and Zwiller, Val
and Hadfield, Robert H.
and Buller, Gerald S.",
title="Kilometer-range, high resolution depth imaging via 1560 nm wavelength single-photon detection",
journal="Opt. Express",
year="2013",
volume="21",
number="7",
pages="8904--8915",
optkeywords="SSPD; SNSPD; lidar; SSPD applications; SNSPD applications",
abstract="This paper highlights a significant advance in time-of-flight depth imaging: by using a scanning transceiver which incorporated a free-running, low noise superconducting nanowire single-photon detector, we were able to obtain centimeter resolution depth images of low-signature objects in daylight at stand-off distances of the order of one kilometer at the relatively eye-safe wavelength of 1560 nm. The detector used had an efficiency of 18{\%} at 1 kHz dark count rate, and the overall system jitter was {\textasciitilde}100 ps. The depth images were acquired by illuminating the scene with an optical output power level of less than 250 {\textmu}W average, and using per-pixel dwell times in the millisecond regime.",
optnote="exported from refbase (https://db.rplab.ru/refbase/show.php?record=1053), last updated on Wed, 18 May 2016 15:26:18 -0500",
doi="10.1364/OE.21.008904",
opturl="https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.008904"
}