LASER TRANSMITTER COMPONENT, LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20230314570A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-05

    申请号:US18165949

    申请日:2023-02-08

    CPC classification number: G01S7/4815 G01S7/4817 H01S5/02453 H01S5/0612

    Abstract: A laser transmitter component including a photonic integrated circuit substrate including a plurality of laser transmitters coupled to at least one optical output, and configured to emit a light beam from one of the laser transmitters of the plurality of laser transmitters through the at least one optical output one laser transmitter at a time; a feedback circuit configured to determine at least one characteristic of the light beam emitted from the optical output and to provide the determined characteristic to a controller; and the controller configured to control at least one of a temperature and an input electrical current of the laser transmitter emitting the light beam and to control at least one of a temperature and an input electrical current of at least one further laser transmitter of the laser transmitter component based on the determined characteristic.

    PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210405290A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17471218

    申请日:2021-09-10

    Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit including a semiconductor substrate having integrate a semiconductor light source configured to emit coherent light of at least the first wavelength and the second wavelength, the semiconductor light source having a first factor; a waveguide structure optically coupled to the semiconductor light source, the waveguide structure having a second Q factor that is higher than the first Q factor, the waveguide structure configured to form an optical cavity for at least the light of the first wavelength and the second wavelength; an optical output structure configured to optically couple the waveguide structure with a plurality of optical channels to transmit light of the first wavelength and the second wavelength from the waveguide structure to the plurality of optical channels.

    PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEM AND METOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220342078A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-27

    申请号:US17640343

    申请日:2020-09-25

    Abstract: A photonic integrated circuit, comprising a semiconductor photonic substrate having integrated therein: at least one light receiving input; at least one optical splitter to branch light received at the at least one light receiving input to a first light path and a second light path; wherein, the photonic integrated circuit, in the first light path, includes: at least one first amplifier structure to amplify the light in the first light path to provide first amplified light; at least one first light output to output the first amplified light from the at least one first amplifier structure; and at least one first photo detector to receive light from the outside of the photonic integrated circuit, the at least one first photo detector being located next to the at least one first light output; wherein, the photonic integrated circuit, in the second light path, includes: at least one second amplifier structure to amplify the light in the second light path to provide second amplified light; at least one second light output to output the second amplified light from the at least one second amplifier structure; and at least one second photo detector to receive light from the outside of the photonic integrated circuit, the at least one second photo detector being located next to the at least one second light output.

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