New LiDAR technology offers superior spatial resolution, which could improve surveillance and monitoring in challenging conditions. The single-photon time-of-flight depth imaging system measures the time it takes for a laser pulse to travel from the system to an object and back again to calculate the distance to that object. These time-of-flight measurements are repeated across various points on the object to create a 3D representation. This single-photon time-of-flight LiDAR system can generate high-resolution 3D images of objects or scenes from distances of up to 1 kilometer and is twice as efficient as the detectors used in similar LiDAR systems. Find the full release in our Newsroom, link in bio! University of Glasgow, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology #lidar #technology #photonics #scienceandtechnology #3D #laserscience #OPG_Optica