Lidar uses laser light to allow researchers to build a high-resolution three-dimensional model of the deep seafloor (top) that is more detailed than bathymetric maps collected by traditional multibeam ...

A team of scientists have integrated an ultrasensative sensor called a “superconducting nanowire single-photon detector,” or SNSPD, into a LiDAR system with incredible results. Capable of ...

Ever since Russia’s Sputnik took to the sky in 1957, artificial satellite networks have employed electromagnetic waves like radar and Lidar to map terrestrial—and extraterrestrial—surfaces.

Researchers report a new single-photon Raman lidar system that operates underwater and can remotely distinguish various substances. They also show that the new system can detect the thickness of ...

Scientists still debate whether lidar stands for “laser imaging, detection and ranging” or “light detection and ranging.” Either acronym accurately summarizes the technology, which uses ...

A team of scientists have integrated an ultrasensative sensor called a “superconducting nanowire single-photon detector,” or SNSPD, into a LiDAR system with incredible results. Capable of ...