LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220276347A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-01

    申请号:US17546097

    申请日:2021-12-09

    Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system, including: a laser source configured to emit one or more optical beams; at least one optical channel configured to emit the one or more optical beams from an optical output interface of the optical channel over a scene and capture reflections of the one or more optical beams from the scene in an optical input interface of the optical channel; wherein the one or more optical beams are scanned in a first direction, and wherein the optical input interface and the optical output interface are arranged along a second direction different from the first direction, and wherein the optical channel comprises a polarization beam displacer configured to guide reflections of the one or more beams from a receiving position arranged along the first direction towards the optical input interface.

    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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