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Daylight space debris laser ranging [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2020 Space debris laser ranging is a technique to measure distances to defunct satellites or rocket bodies in orbits around Earth which was only possible within a few hours around twilight.
Michael A. Steindorfer +5 more
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Recent Progress in Lunar Laser Ranging at Grasse Laser Ranging Station [PDF]
Earth and Space Science, 2020 Based on a fully passive space segment, the lunar laser ranging experiment is the last of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package to operate. Observations from the Grasse lunar laser ranging station have been made on a daily basis since the first ...
Julien Chabé +13 more
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Progress in Avalanche Photodiodes for Laser Ranging [PDF]
SensorsLaser ranging is a high-precision geodetic technique that plays an indispensable role in the field of geodynamics. Avalanche photodiodes (APDs) offer a series of advantages over other photodetector technologies, including photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) and
Zhenxing Liu +5 more
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The Short-Range, High-Accuracy Compact Pulsed Laser Ranging System [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 A short-range, compact, real-time pulsed laser rangefinder is constructed based on pulsed time-of-flight (ToF) method. In order to reduce timing discrimination error and achieve high ranging accuracy, gray-value distance correction and temperature ...
Hongbin Ma +5 more
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Laser enhancements for Lunar Laser Ranging at 532 nm
Results in Physics, 2016 This article exposes how we improved (by more than a factor of four) the green Lunar Laser Ranging instrumental sensitivity of the French telemetric station of the “Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur” in 2012.
G. Martinot-Lagarde +11 more
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Laser Ranging-Assisted Binocular Visual Sensor Tracking System [PDF]
Sensors, 2020 Aimed at improving the low measurement accuracy of the binocular vision sensor along the optical axis in the process of target tracking, we proposed a method for auxiliary correction using a laser-ranging sensor in this paper.
Qilong Wang +3 more
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Space debris and satellite laser ranging combined using a megahertz system [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsSatellite laser ranging and space debris laser ranging are two closely related range measurement techniques with slightly different setups relying on different lasers.
Michael A. Steindorfer +3 more
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Anti-interference pulsed laser ranging system [PDF]
Tekhnologiya i Konstruirovanie v Elektronnoi Apparature, 2020 Pulsed laser rangefinders prove to be cost-effective and practical devices when used at distances of several tens of kilometers due to their compactness, portability and energy efficiency. However, the measurement accuracy is significantly reduced by the
Sadchenko A. V. +2 more
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Feasibility of satellite-to-ground continuous-variable quantum key distribution
npj Quantum Information, 2021 Establishing secure communication links at a global scale is a major potential application of quantum information science but also extremely challenging for the underlying technology.
Daniele Dequal +6 more
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Detection of retroreflective objects based on search for spatial anomalies
Компьютерная оптика, 2022 This work is devoted to the study of methods for detecting retroreflective objects, including optical and optoelectronic observation devices, based on the search for spatial anomalies in images formed in pulsed laser ranging systems. Algorithms, software
S.M. Borzov +2 more
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