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Dec 11, 2024

World’s 1st single-photon laser radar can reach 3,280 feet below sea

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A team of Chinese researchers from Xiamen University has won the 2023 “Best Paper Prize” from Applied Optics for their groundbreaking work on a single-photon Raman lidar system. Published in June last year, their paper outshone 1,278 other submissions, securing the top spot.

The paper presented radar technology capable of detecting objects at significant depths with such clarity that it has been compared to “fishing for a needle in the sea.”

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