Single-photon Raman underwater lidar (IMAGE)

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Single-photon Raman underwater lidar

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Researchers developed a single-photon Raman lidar system that operates underwater and can remotely distinguish various substances They demonstrated the system by using it to detect varying thicknesses of gasoline oil in a quartz cell that was 12 meters away from the system in a large pool.

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Mingjia Shangguan, Xiamen University

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