Narrowband parallel coherent LiDAR with frequency interleaving

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Main Authors: Wang, Long, Hu, Liang, Jiao, Wenhai, Shang, Yaxin, Chen, Jianping, Wu, Guiling
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Published: 2024
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author Wang, Long
Hu, Liang
Jiao, Wenhai
Shang, Yaxin
Chen, Jianping
Wu, Guiling
author_facet Wang, Long
Hu, Liang
Jiao, Wenhai
Shang, Yaxin
Chen, Jianping
Wu, Guiling
contents The high demand for 3D imaging in intelligent robotics is motivating the advances of coherent LiDARs towards high performances with low complexity/cost. However, the current coherent LiDARs suffer from the tight coupling between the high ranging-imaging performance and the high complexity/cost. Herein, we propose a narrowband parallel coherent LiDAR with frequency-interleaving architecture. The LiDAR architecture utilizes narrowband signals for ranging, and interleaves multi-channel sparse and narrowband signals in frequency domain at the receiving end to significantly reduce the required bandwidth and the number of detection branches, facilitating massive parallelization with low system complexity/cost. In experiments, a ranging precision of 0.49 mm that approaches the shot noise limit, and a power sensitivity of -95 dBm (~9 photons) are achieved. Parallel 3D imaging with an equivalent imaging rate of 10 Mpixel/s and a 2 cm ranging precision is also demonstrated using only two 150 MHz receiving branches. With these desirable properties, this new LiDAR opens an avenue for the LiDAR ecosystem.
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spellingShingle Narrowband parallel coherent LiDAR with frequency interleaving
Wang, Long
Hu, Liang
Jiao, Wenhai
Shang, Yaxin
Chen, Jianping
Wu, Guiling
Optics
The high demand for 3D imaging in intelligent robotics is motivating the advances of coherent LiDARs towards high performances with low complexity/cost. However, the current coherent LiDARs suffer from the tight coupling between the high ranging-imaging performance and the high complexity/cost. Herein, we propose a narrowband parallel coherent LiDAR with frequency-interleaving architecture. The LiDAR architecture utilizes narrowband signals for ranging, and interleaves multi-channel sparse and narrowband signals in frequency domain at the receiving end to significantly reduce the required bandwidth and the number of detection branches, facilitating massive parallelization with low system complexity/cost. In experiments, a ranging precision of 0.49 mm that approaches the shot noise limit, and a power sensitivity of -95 dBm (~9 photons) are achieved. Parallel 3D imaging with an equivalent imaging rate of 10 Mpixel/s and a 2 cm ranging precision is also demonstrated using only two 150 MHz receiving branches. With these desirable properties, this new LiDAR opens an avenue for the LiDAR ecosystem.
title Narrowband parallel coherent LiDAR with frequency interleaving
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.20311