{"title":"Photon-number-resolving detection enables single-photon LiDAR approaching the standard quantum limit","authors":"Feihu Xu","doi":"10.1038/s41377-025-01880-4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>A photon-number-resolving LiDAR approach and an active photon-number-filtering algorithm are proposed and demonstrated. This opens a new avenue for the development of single-photon LiDAR and relevant techniques to scientific study and real-world applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":18069,"journal":{"name":"Light-Science & Applications","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Light-Science & Applications","FirstCategoryId":"1089","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-025-01880-4","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"OPTICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A photon-number-resolving LiDAR approach and an active photon-number-filtering algorithm are proposed and demonstrated. This opens a new avenue for the development of single-photon LiDAR and relevant techniques to scientific study and real-world applications.