This application discloses a LiDAR and a mobile device, where LiDAR includes a lens and a photonic chip, an optical axis of the lens extends along a first preset direction; the photonic chip and the lens are spaced apart along the first preset direction, the photonic chip includes a cladding layer and multiple receiving waveguide core layers, all the receiving waveguide core layers are located at an end of the cladding layer that is closer to the lens and are spaced apart along a second preset direction, each receiving waveguide core layer has a first end surface and a second end surface opposite to each other, the first end surface is closer to the lens than the second end surface; and there is a distance between a first end surface of at least one receiving waveguide core layer and a focal plane of the lens.