Mid-infrared single-photon 3D imaging

Jianan Fang; Kun Huang; E Wu; Ming Yan; Heping Zeng

doi:10.1038/s41377-023-01179-2

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Mid-infrared single-photon 3D imaging

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- Mid-infrared single-photon 3D imaging
- Mid-infrared single-photon 3D imaging
- LSA 2023年12卷第7期页码：1327-1336
- Affiliations：
  
  1.State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
  2.Chongqing Key Laboratory of Precision Optics, Chongqing Institute of East China Normal University, Chongqing, China
  3.Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
  4.Chongqing Institute for Brain and Intelligence, Guangyang Bay Laboratory, Chongqing, China
  5.Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, Shanghai, China
  6.Jinan Institute of Quantum Technology, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Author bio：
  
  Kun Huang (khuang@lps.ecnu.edu.cn)
  Heping Zeng (hpzeng@phy.ecnu.edu.cn)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-023-01179-2
  中图分类号：
- 纸质出版日期：2023-07-31，
  
  网络出版日期：2023-06-09，
  
  收稿日期：2022-12-30，
  
  修回日期：2023-04-25，
  
  录用日期：2023-05-08
- Accepted：
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Mid-infrared single-photon 3D imaging[J]. LSA, 2023,12(7):1327-1336.

Fang, J. N. et al. Mid-infrared single-photon 3D imaging. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 1327-1336 (2023).
Mid-infrared single-photon 3D imaging[J]. LSA, 2023,12(7):1327-1336. DOI： 10.1038/s41377-023-01179-2.

Fang, J. N. et al. Mid-infrared single-photon 3D imaging. Light: Science & Applications, 12, 1327-1336 (2023). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-023-01179-2.

摘要

Abstract

Active mid-infrared (MIR) imagers capable of retrieving three-dimensional (3D) structure and reflectivity information are highly attractive in a wide range of biomedical and industrial applications. However

infrared 3D imaging at low-light levels is still challenging due to the deficiency of sensitive and fast MIR sensors. Here we propose and implement a MIR time-of-flight imaging system that operates at single-photon sensitivity and femtosecond timing resolution. Specifically

back-scattered infrared photons from a scene are optically gated by delay-controlled ultrashort pump pulses through nonlinear frequency upconversion. The upconverted images with time stamps are then recorded by a silicon camera to facilitate the 3D reconstruction with high lateral and depth resolutions. Moreover

an effective numerical denoiser based on spatiotemporal correlation allows us to reveal the object profile and reflectivity under photon-starving conditions with a detected flux below 0.05 photons/pixel/second. The presented MIR 3D imager features high detection sensitivity

precise timing resolution

and wide-field operation

which may open new possibilities in life and material sciences.

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