Table 1 Measurement sensitivity: Statistics of 50 LIDAR measurements using the single bunching peak mode and the oscillating peak mode operation of the thermal source as in Fig. 3

From: Thermal light with enhanced oscillating bunching in field-tested photon-counting LIDAR

Coin. single peak

430

220

150

80

q75q25 [ps]

15

40

55

12 340

Coin. oscillating peaks

480

180

90

60

q75q25 [ps]

0

20

20

55

  1. The value of q75 − q25 is the difference between the 25th and 75th percentile which we define as the accuracy of the measurements.