Miniaturized time-correlated single-photon counting module for time-of-flight non-line-of-sight imaging applications

Jie Wu; Chao Yu; Jian-Wei Zeng; Chen Dai; Feihu Xu; Jun Zhang

doi:10.1063/5.0193824

Miniaturized time-correlated single-photon counting module for time-of-flight non-line-of-sight imaging applications

Rev Sci Instrum. 2024 Mar 1;95(3):035107. doi: 10.1063/5.0193824.

Authors

Jie Wu^{1

2}, Chao Yu^{1

2}, Jian-Wei Zeng^{1

2}, Chen Dai^{1

2}, Feihu Xu^{1

2

3}, Jun Zhang^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
² CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
³ Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230088, China.

PMID: 38445994
DOI: 10.1063/5.0193824

Abstract

Single-photon time-of-flight (TOF) non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging enables the high-resolution reconstruction of objects outside the field of view. The compactness of TOF NLOS imaging systems, entailing the miniaturization of key components within such systems, is crucial for practical applications. Here, we present a miniaturized four-channel time-correlated single-photon counting module dedicated to TOF NLOS imaging applications. The module achieves excellent performance with a 10 ps bin size and 27.4 ps minimum root-mean-square time resolution. We present the results of the TOF NLOS imaging experiment using an InGaAs/InP single-photon detector and the time-correlated single-photon counting module and show that a 6.3 cm lateral resolution and 2.3 cm depth resolution can be achieved under the conditions of 5 m imaging distance and 1 ms pixel dwell time.