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Photon-efficient imaging with the single-photon light detection and ranging (LiDAR) captures the three-dimensional (3D) structure of a scene by only a few detected signal photons per pixel. However, the existing computational methods for…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-28 Yiwei Chen , Gongxin Yao , Yong Liu , Hongye Su , Xiaomin Hu , Yu Pan

3D imaging is increasingly impacting areas such as space, defense, automation, medical and automotive industries. The most well-known optical 3D imaging systems are LIDAR systems that rely on Time of Flight (ToF) measurement. The depth…

Optics · Physics 2022-07-21 Koray Ürkmen , Emre Yüce

We propose a method for compressively acquiring a dynamic light field (a 5-D volume) through a single-shot coded image (a 2-D measurement). We designed an imaging model that synchronously applies aperture coding and pixel-wise exposure…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-21 Ryoya Mizuno , Keita Takahashi , Michitaka Yoshida , Chihiro Tsutake , Toshiaki Fujii , Hajime Nagahara

Traditional vision-based autonomous driving systems often face difficulties in navigating complex environments when relying solely on single-image inputs. To overcome this limitation, incorporating temporal data such as past image frames or…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Tuong Do , Binh X. Nguyen , Quang D. Tran , Erman Tjiputra , Te-Chuan Chiu , Anh Nguyen

Objects classification generally relies on image acquisition and analysis. Real-time classification of high-speed moving objects is challenging, as both high temporal resolution in image acquisition and low computational complexity in…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-20 Zibang Zhang , Xiang Li , Manhong Yao , Shujun Zheng , Guoan Zheng , Jingang Zhong

3D single-photon LiDAR imaging has an important role in many applications. However, full deployment of this modality will require the analysis of low signal to noise ratio target returns and a very high volume of data. This is particularly…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-19 Mohamed Amir Alaa Belmekki , Jonathan Leach , Rachael Tobin , Gerald S. Buller , Stephen Mclaughlin , Abderrahim Halimi

3D single-photon LiDAR imaging plays an important role in numerous applications. However, long acquisition times and significant data volumes present a challenge to LiDAR imaging. This paper proposes a task-optimized adaptive sampling…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-07 Mohamed Amir Alaa Belmekki , Rachael Tobin , Gerald S. Buller , Stephen McLaughlin , Abderrahim Halimi

Spatial correlations between two photons are the key resource in realising many quantum imaging schemes. Measurement of the bi-photon correlation map is typically performed using single-point scanning detectors or single-photon cameras…

Real time, high resolution 3D reconstruction of scenes hidden from the direct field of view is a challenging field of research with applications in real-life situations related e.g. to surveillance, self-driving cars and rescue missions.…

Optics · Physics 2019-07-24 G. Musarra , A. Lyons , E. Conca , Y. Altmann , F. Villa , F. Zappa , M. J. Padgett , D. Faccio

Imaging through a single optical fiber offers attractive possibilities in many applications such as microendoscopy or remote sensing. However, the direct transmission of an image through an optical fiber is difficult because spatial…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-29 Roman Barankov , Jerome Mertz

Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are advanced sensors capable of detecting individual photons and recording their arrival times with picosecond resolution using time-correlated Single-Photon Counting detection techniques. They are…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-13 Alice Ruget , Lewis Wilson , Jonathan Leach , Rachael Tobin , Aongus Mccarthy , Gerald S. Buller , Steve Mclaughlin , Abderrahim Halimi

Distinguishing photon-arrival time and position is crucial for advancing quantum technology. However, capturing spatial and temporal information efficiently remains challenging. Here, we present a novel photon-detection technique to achieve…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-24 Ozora Iso , Kensuke Miyajima , Ryosuke Shimizu

We demonstrate photon-counting single-pixel imaging in the ultraviolet region. Toward this target, we develop a high-performance compact single-photon detector based on a 4H-SiC single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD), where a tailored readout…

High-precision time transfer over a long haul of fiber plays a significant role in many fields. The core method, namely cascading relay nodes for the compensation of signal attenuation and dispersion, is however insufficient to deal with…

Optics · Physics 2024-12-25 Yufei Zhang , Ziyang Chen , Bin Luo , Hong Guo

Scene reconstruction in the presence of high-speed motion and low illumination is important in many applications such as augmented and virtual reality, drone navigation, and autonomous robotics. Traditional motion estimation techniques fail…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-08 Sacha Jungerman , Atul Ingle , Mohit Gupta

Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are an emerging technology with a unique capability of capturing individual photons with high timing precision. SPADs are being used in several active imaging systems (e.g., fluorescence lifetime…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-25 Atul Ingle , Andreas Velten , Mohit Gupta

We derive the likelihood of a raw signal in a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD), given a fixed photon flux. The raw signal comprises timing of detection events, which are nonlinearly related to the flux. Moreover, they are naturally…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-29 Lior Dvir , Nadav Torem , Yoav Y. Schechner

Scintillators are transparent materials that interact with high-energy particles and emit visible light as a result. They are used in state of the art methods of measuring high-energy particles and radiation sources. Most existing methods…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-03-17 Alex Bocchieri , John Mamish , David Appleyard , Andreas Velten

Imaging with optical resolution through and inside complex samples is a difficult challenge with important applications in many fields. The fundamental problem is that inhomogeneous samples, such as biological tissues, randomly scatter and…

Optics · Physics 2014-10-17 Ori Katz , Pierre Heidmann , Mathias Fink , Sylvain Gigan

The extraction of information carried by light plays an increasingly important role in optical communication, imaging, and detection. However, the information can only be successfully extracted when the light pulse is comparably strong,…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-25 Zhen Yang , Zeng-Quan Yan , Li Wang , Xiao-Wei Wang , Ka-Di Zhu , Xian-Min Jin