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Mid-infrared high-resolution photon-counting LiDAR

Kuznesof, Daniel
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Amer, Noureldin
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Taylor, Gregor G.  
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November 3, 2025
Optics Express

Mid-infrared (MIR) detection at the single-photon limit has become increasingly accessible, enabling applications in free-space communications, industrial sensing, astronomy, and biomedicine. However, direct time-correlated single photon-counting in the MIR remains a significant challenge. Here, we demonstrate single-pixel scanning light detection and ranging (LiDAR) at 3500 nm wavelength with sub-millimeter depth resolution in the single-photon regime, enabled by a differential impedance-matched tungsten silicide (WSi) superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD), optimized for MIR detection, and an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) laser source. The detector’s exceptional timing performance is demonstrated by resolving sub-millimeter depth features of a target positioned 100 mm from the transceiver. In addition, we present the wavelength-dependent photoresponse and timing jitter of the device across a 1550–5438 nm wavelength range. The photon-counting MIR LiDAR system shown features extremely wide broadband operation, high timing performance, and single-photon sensitivity. This work demonstrates the potential of MIR time-correlated single photon-counting applications enabled by SNSPDs.

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research article
DOI
10.1364/OE.576861
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-105019249412

Author(s)
Kuznesof, Daniel

University of Glasgow

Amer, Noureldin

University of Glasgow

Taylor, Gregor G.  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Patel, Sahil R.

California Institute of Technology

Bumble, Bruce

California Institute of Technology

Craiciu, Ioana

California Institute of Technology

Choudhary, Nidhi

University of Glasgow

Choi, Beomgyu

University of Glasgow

Morozov, Dmitry V.

University of Glasgow

Korzh, Boris

California Institute of Technology

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Date Issued

2025-11-03

Published in
Optics Express
Volume

33

Issue

22

Start page

45684

End page

45694

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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AQUA  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

National Research Foundation of Korea

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

DARPA

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Available on Infoscience
October 28, 2025
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