Demonstration of time-of-flight technique with all-optical modulation and MCT detection in SWIR/MWIR range

Rihan Wu; Jack Collins; Christopher D. Burgess; Robert A. Lamb; Andrey Kaplan

doi:10.1117/12.2500326

4 October 2018 Demonstration of time-of-flight technique with all-optical modulation and MCT detection in SWIR/MWIR range

Rihan Wu, Jack Collins, Christopher D. Burgess, Robert A. Lamb, Andrey Kaplan

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 10799, Emerging Imaging and Sensing Technologies for Security and Defence III; and Unmanned Sensors, Systems, and Countermeasures; 1079904 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2500326
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2018, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

We report a feasibility study of Time-of-Flight technique in Short- and Mid-Wavelength Infrared spectral region using a Mercury Cadmium Telluride detector. For the demonstration we employed an all-optical modulator operated by optical pumping with 800 nm, 100 femtosecond pulses and measured the broadening of the signal pulses traversing through a few centimetres of silica rod. The measured signal was analysed to reconstruct the pulse broadening and to retrieve the group velocity dispersion of silica. We show that in Time-of-Flight measurements based on all-optical modulation in combination with Mercury Cadmium Telluride detector, the limiting resolution factor is the speed of the modulator rise time governed by the optical pump.

Conference Presentation

Citation Download Citation

Rihan Wu, Jack Collins, Christopher D. Burgess, Robert A. Lamb, and Andrey Kaplan "Demonstration of time-of-flight technique with all-optical modulation and MCT detection in SWIR/MWIR range", Proc. SPIE 10799, Emerging Imaging and Sensing Technologies for Security and Defence III; and Unmanned Sensors, Systems, and Countermeasures, 1079904 (4 October 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2500326

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available