Estimation of smoke echo signal using single-photon lidar

Abstract

The non-uniform distribution of smoke and laser spot seriously limits the imaging ability of single-photon lidar through smoke. To this end, based on the collision theory between photons and smoke particles, this paper establishes the time-domain distribution model of scattered photons (Gamma), which considers the lidar system parameters and the characteristics of smoke particles. The shape parameter and inverse scale parameter are defined as the maximum scattering number K and the average scattering number β, respectively. The indoor test effectively illustrates the estimation ability of the model for smoke. The parameter estimation results show that the average scattering number β and the maximum scattering number K increase linearly with the increase of attenuation coefficient. This study is of great significance for the suppression of smoke backscattering and is expected to improve the weather adaptability of single-photon lidar.