Sensors, Vol. 19, Pages 3620: Improving the Performance of Pseudo-Random Single-Photon Counting Ranging Lidar (Sensors)

A new encoding method is proposed to improve the performance of pseudo-random single-photon counting ranging (PSPCR) Lidar. The encoding principle and methodology are presented. In addition, the influence of detector’s dead time on the detection probability is analyzed with theoretical derivation and Monte Carlo simulation. Meanwhile, we propose using macro code as the analysis unit to quantitatively analyze the detection probability and single-photon detection efficiency of the traditional PSPCR Lidar and the modulated PSPCR Lidar. The Monte Carlo simulation and experiment prove that the proposed method exhibited better ranging performance than the traditional PSPCR Lidar system.