Modeling of microjoule and millijoule energy LIDARs with PMT/SiPM/APD detectors: a sensitivity analysis

Ravil Agishev

doi:10.1364/AO.57.003679

Applied Optics
Vol. 57,
Issue 14,
pp. 3679-3686
(2018)
•https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.57.003679

Modeling of microjoule and millijoule energy LIDARs with PMT/SiPM/APD detectors: a sensitivity analysis

Ravil Agishev

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Abstract

This paper demonstrates a renewed concept and applications of the generalized methodology for atmospheric light detection and ranging (LIDAR) capability prediction as a continuation of a series of our previous works, where the dimensionless parameterization appeared as a tool for comparing systems of a different scale, design, and applications. The modernized concept applied to microscale and milliscale LIDARs with relatively new silicon photomultiplier detectors and traditional photomultiplier tube and avalanche photodiode detectors allowed prediction of the remote sensing instruments’ performance and limitations. Such a generalized, uniform, and objective concept is applied for evaluation of the increasingly popular class of limited-energy LIDARs using the best optical detectors, operating on different targets (back-scatter or topographic, static or dynamic) and under intense sky background conditions. It can be used in the LIDAR community to compare different instruments and select the most suitable and effective ones for specific applications.

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Optical and Energy Parameters of LIDAR
$E [J]$	$A_{D} [m^{2}]$	$ξ$	$Θ [mrad]$	$Δ λ [nm]$
$10^{- 6} \dots 10^{0}$	$10^{- 2} \dots 10^{- 1}$	$0.2 \dots 0.5$	$1 \dots 3$	$1 \dots 10$
Variability of Parameters of Typical Photodetectors Used
M	F	$I_{d} [A]$	$P_{q}$ [W]^a	$P_{n}^{2} / P_{q}$ [W]^a
$10^{2} \dots 5 \cdot 10^{6}$	$10^{2} \dots 5 \cdot 10^{6}$	$10^{2} \dots 5 \cdot 10^{6}$	$10^{2} \dots 5 \cdot 10^{6}$	$10^{2} \dots 5 \cdot 10^{6}$
$10^{2} \dots 5 \cdot 10^{6}$	$1.1 \dots 10$	$10^{- 10} \dots 10^{- 7}$	$10^{- 10} \dots 10^{- 7}$	$3 \cdot 10^{- 16} \dots 10^{- 8}$

Parameter		PMTs	SiPMs	APDs
$I_{d}$ [A]		$10^{- 10} \dots 10^{- 9}$	$10^{- 8} \dots 10^{- 7}$	$10^{- 9} \dots 10^{- 8}$
M		$5 \cdot 10^{5} \dots 3 \cdot 10^{6}$	$7 \cdot 10^{5} \dots 5 \cdot 10^{6}$	$100 \dots 200$
F		$1.2 \dots 1.5$	$1.1 \dots 1.5$	$4 \dots 10$
$η (λ [μm])$	0.355	$0.2 \dots 0.3$	$0.25 \dots 0.505$	$0.35 \dots 0.45$
	0.532	$0.2 \dots 0.4$	$0.20 \dots 0.50$	$0.6 \dots 0.7$
	1.064	$5 \cdot 10^{- 4} \dots 10^{- 3}$	$10^{- 3} \dots 10^{- 2}$	$0.25 \dots 0.35$

Optical and Energy Parameters of LIDAR
$E [J]$	$A_{D} [m^{2}]$	$ξ$	$Θ [mrad]$	$Δ λ [nm]$
$10^{- 6} \dots 10^{0}$	$10^{- 2} \dots 10^{- 1}$	$0.2 \dots 0.5$	$1 \dots 3$	$1 \dots 10$
Variability of Parameters of Typical Photodetectors Used
M	F	$I_{d} [A]$	$P_{q}$ [W]^a	$P_{n}^{2} / P_{q}$ [W]^a
$10^{2} \dots 5 \cdot 10^{6}$	$10^{2} \dots 5 \cdot 10^{6}$	$10^{2} \dots 5 \cdot 10^{6}$	$10^{2} \dots 5 \cdot 10^{6}$	$10^{2} \dots 5 \cdot 10^{6}$
$10^{2} \dots 5 \cdot 10^{6}$	$1.1 \dots 10$	$10^{- 10} \dots 10^{- 7}$	$10^{- 10} \dots 10^{- 7}$	$3 \cdot 10^{- 16} \dots 10^{- 8}$

Parameter		PMTs	SiPMs	APDs
$I_{d}$ [A]		$10^{- 10} \dots 10^{- 9}$	$10^{- 8} \dots 10^{- 7}$	$10^{- 9} \dots 10^{- 8}$
M		$5 \cdot 10^{5} \dots 3 \cdot 10^{6}$	$7 \cdot 10^{5} \dots 5 \cdot 10^{6}$	$100 \dots 200$
F		$1.2 \dots 1.5$	$1.1 \dots 1.5$	$4 \dots 10$
$η (λ [μm])$	0.355	$0.2 \dots 0.3$	$0.25 \dots 0.505$	$0.35 \dots 0.45$
	0.532	$0.2 \dots 0.4$	$0.20 \dots 0.50$	$0.6 \dots 0.7$
	1.064	$5 \cdot 10^{- 4} \dots 10^{- 3}$	$10^{- 3} \dots 10^{- 2}$	$0.25 \dots 0.35$

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