LiDAR system and method of operating the same

    公开(公告)号:US11614524B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-28

    申请号:US17313578

    申请日:2021-05-06

    Abstract: Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems and methods of operating the LiDAR systems are provided. The LiDAR system includes a light emitter configured to emit first lights of different wavelengths in a vertical direction and at different scanning angles with respect to a horizontal axis, a lens configured to converge second lights that are reflected from objects on which the first lights are emitted, and a light filter comprising an active-type device configured to adjust a transmission central wavelength of the active-type device to the different wavelengths of the first lights that are emitted from the light emitter. The LiDAR system further includes a controller configured to control an operation of the light emitter and the light filter, and a detector configured to detect light from the light emitter, and obtain information about the objects.

    Optical modulating device and apparatus including the same

    公开(公告)号:US11611397B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US17699553

    申请日:2022-03-21

    Abstract: Provided is an optical modulating device including a substrate including first and second trenches, a phase modulator in a region of the substrate, the phase modulator including an undoped region provided between the first and the second trenches, and first and a second doped regions which are apart from each other with the undoped region therebetween, wherein the phase modulator is configured to modulate a phase of light traveling through the undoped region based on a first electrical signal applied to the phase modulator, an amplifier including a first doped layer, a quantum well layer, a clad layer, and a second doped layer sequentially on the substrate, the amplifier overlapping at least a portion of the phase modulator and being configured to amplify the light based on a second electrical signal applied to the amplifier, and an insulating layer between the phase modulator and the amplifier.

    LIDAR APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO

    公开(公告)号:US20220003870A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17135228

    申请日:2020-12-28

    Abstract: Provided is a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) apparatus including a light source configured to generate light, an optical transmitter configured to emit the light generated by the light source to outside of the LiDAR apparatus, an optical receiver configured to receive light from the outside of the LiDAR apparatus, a resonance-type photodetector configured to selectively amplify and detect light having a same wavelength as a wavelength of light generated by the light source among the light received by the optical receiver, and a processor configured to control the light source and the resonance-type photodetector, wherein the resonance-type photodetector includes a resonator, a phase modulator provided on the resonator and configured to control a phase of light traveling along the resonator based on control of the processor, and an optical detector configured to detect an intensity of the light traveling along the resonator.

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