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Speckle reduction within nanosecond-order pulse widths for flash lidar applications Fergal Shevlin, Ph.D. DYOPTYKA, Ireland. Laser Display and Lighting Conference 2020 Yokohama, Japan. 2020-04-21 1 / 18 Direct time-of-flight systems Dark


  1. Speckle reduction within nanosecond-order pulse widths for flash lidar applications Fergal Shevlin, Ph.D. DYOPTYKA, Ireland. Laser Display and Lighting Conference 2020 Yokohama, Japan. 2020-04-21 1 / 18

  2. Direct time-of-flight systems Dark speckle causes non-detection of Rx pulse at some pixels. 2 / 18

  3. VCSEL array sources Array dimensions similar to camera pupil diameter. 3 / 18

  4. Speckle with insufficient angular separation of sources Single 22 ns pulse image, Mean of 100 different 22 ns pulse images, C S ≈ 24% . C S ≈ 24% . 4 / 18

  5. Speckle with insufficient angular separation of sources Single 14 ns pulse image, Mean of 100 different 14 ns pulse images, C S ≈ 24% . C S ≈ 24% . 4 / 18

  6. Speckle with insufficient angular separation of sources Single 6 ns pulse image, Mean of 100 different 6 ns pulse images, C S ≈ 20% . C S ≈ 20% . 4 / 18

  7. Speckle with insufficient angular separation of sources C S for 100 different pulse images of each duration. 5 / 18

  8. Alternative source configuration Source separation greater than camera pupil diameter. 6 / 18

  9. Speckle with sufficient angular separation of sources Different 22 ns pulse images, Mean of 100 different 22 ns pulse images, C S ≈ 24% . C S ≈ 3% . 7 / 18

  10. Speckle with sufficient angular separation of sources Different 14 ns pulse images, Mean of 100 different 14 ns pulse images, C S ≈ 24% . C S ≈ 4% . 7 / 18

  11. Speckle with sufficient angular separation of sources Different 6 ns pulse images, Mean of 100 different 6 ns pulse images, C S ≈ 20% . C S ≈ 3% . 7 / 18

  12. Speckle reduction within single pulse durations Randomize T X pulse wavefronts so that R X wavefronts less correlated. 8 / 18

  13. Speckle reduction within single pulse durations Randomize T X pulse wavefronts so R X pulse wavefronts highly correlated that R X wavefronts less correlated. to rough surface. 8 / 18

  14. DYOPTYKA deformable mirror Randomly-distributed surface deformations at frequencies up to tens of MHz . 9 / 18

  15. DYOPTYKA deformable mirror Randomly-distributed surface Microscope interferometer fringes deformations at frequencies resulting from convex and concave up to tens of MHz . surface deformations. 9 / 18

  16. Apparatus configuration #1 LD, DM, BP. 10 / 18

  17. Apparatus configuration #1 LD, DM, BP. LD emission, DM inactive. 10 / 18

  18. Apparatus configuration #1 LD, DM, BP. LD emission, DM inactive. LD 6 ns pulse, DM active. 10 / 18

  19. Apparatus configuration #1 LD, DM, BP. LD emission, DM inactive. LD 6 ns pulse, DM active. LD 6 ns pulse, DM active. 10 / 18

  20. Apparatus configuration #2 LD, DM, ED, BP. 11 / 18

  21. Apparatus configuration #2 LD, DM, ED, BP. ED pattern, DM inactive. 11 / 18

  22. Apparatus configuration #2 LD, DM, ED, BP. ED pattern, DM inactive. Region, 6 ns pulse, DM inactive. 11 / 18

  23. Apparatus configuration #2 LD, DM, ED, BP. ED pattern, DM inactive. Region, 6 ns pulse, DM inactive. Region, 6 ns pulse, DM active. 11 / 18

  24. Apparatus configuration #3 LD, DM, ED, GG, BP. 12 / 18

  25. Apparatus configuration #3 LD, DM, ED, GG, BP. GG pattern, DM inactive. 12 / 18

  26. Apparatus configuration #3 LD, DM, ED, GG, BP. GG pattern, DM inactive. LD 6 ns pulse, DM inactive. 12 / 18

  27. Apparatus configuration #3 LD, DM, ED, GG, BP. GG pattern, DM inactive. LD 6 ns pulse, DM inactive. LD 6 ns pulse, DM active. 12 / 18

  28. Speckle reduction within single pulse durations For 100 different pulse images for each duration. 13 / 18

  29. Verification for sensor sensitivity * For 100 different pulse images for each duration. 14 / 18

  30. Verification for sensor gain * For 100 different 6 ns pulse images for each gain factor. 15 / 18

  31. Verification for DM wave amplitudes ** For 100 different pulse image pairs for each duration. 16 / 18

  32. Conclusions � Relative improvement of > 20% to speckle contrast ratio demonstrated and verified for ≥ 6 ns pulse durations. � Should improve spatial resolution . . . by reducing the need for averaging within a range image. � Should improve temporal resolution . . . by reducing the need for averaging across multiple images. 17 / 18

  33. Conclusions � Relative improvement of > 20% to speckle contrast ratio demonstrated and verified for ≥ 6 ns pulse durations. � Should improve spatial resolution . . . by reducing the need for averaging within a range image. � Should improve temporal resolution . . . by reducing the need for averaging across multiple images. 17 / 18

  34. Conclusions � Relative improvement of > 20% to speckle contrast ratio demonstrated and verified for ≥ 6 ns pulse durations. � Should improve spatial resolution . . . by reducing the need for averaging within a range image. � Should improve temporal resolution . . . by reducing the need for averaging across multiple images. 17 / 18

  35. Conclusions � Relative improvement of > 20% to speckle contrast ratio demonstrated and verified for ≥ 6 ns pulse durations. � Should improve spatial resolution . . . by reducing the need for averaging within a range image. � Should improve temporal resolution . . . by reducing the need for averaging across multiple images. 17 / 18

  36. Thank You! Please contact me to discuss: fshevlin@dyoptyka.com 18 / 18

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