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Components made for 3D LiDAR

Components made for 3D LiDAR

Components made for 3D LiDAR

Product catalog summary
Overview: This document provides an overview of LASER COMPONENTS' products designed for 3D LiDAR applications, focusing on emitters and receivers. The company manufactures sensors for ranging and detection, emphasizing high power, short pulse laser diodes, and high sensitivity avalanche photodiodes.
Pulsed Laser Diodes - Emitters: These diodes are crucial for achieving high distance resolution in time-of-flight ranging systems. The preferred wavelengths are 905 nm for safety scanning and 1550 nm for superior transmission and eye safety.
Avalanche Photodiodes - Receivers: Silicon Avalanche Photodiodes (APDs) offer high sensitivity and low noise, amplifying weak signals from targets. They are essential for maintaining low noise levels while detecting weak signals.
Challenges and Solutions: The document outlines solutions for achieving higher precision, reliability, compact design, and cost-effectiveness. This includes short pulse lasers, hermetically sealed packages, and affordable components.
LiDAR Technologies: The document describes different LiDAR technologies, including Scanning LiDAR, Solid-state LiDAR, and Flash LiDAR, each with unique scanning and detection methods.
Applications: The products are applicable in various fields such as 3D mapping, adaptive cruise control, advanced driver-assistance systems, agriculture, autonomous driving, drones, robotics, and safety scanning.
Product Highlights: The document highlights specific products like the 905DxxUA Series Pulsed Laser Diodes, Si APD Arrays, QuickSwitch Pulsed Laser Diodes, and high sensitivity APD receivers, emphasizing their features and benefits.
Accessories and Evaluation Boards: Accessories like evaluation boards for QuickSwitch PLD and APD arrays are available to simplify design-in cycles.
Contact Information: The document provides contact details for LASER COMPONENTS in various regions, including Germany, France, Nordic countries, the USA, and Great Britain.
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LASER COMPONENTS Emitters & Receivers Components made for 3D LiDAR

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Made by LASER COMPONENTS LASER COMPONENTS manufacturers sensors for ranging and detection in high volume and in ISO-certified manufacturing facilities. The high power, short pulse laser diodes improve the distance resolution with matching high sensitivity avalanche photodiodes that detect even the smallest signal. Pulsed Laser Diodes - Emitters In order to achieve the distance resolution managed by modern time-of-flight ranging systems, shorter and shorter pulses need to be generated. The wavelength of choice for the majority of safety scanning applications is 905 nm. For superior transmission...

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APD TIME DELAY CONTROL UNIT STOP Schematic diagram of TOF principle. Applications 3D LiDAR Optoelectronic equipment and laser measurement manufacturers are constantly part of the FOV at a time. The pulsed challenged to design more complex LiDAR systems and demand reliable, small, laser is scanned across the FOV (field and low-cost devices. Their solutions have to detect and discern objects and of view) by using i.e. a rotating mirror. Scanning Lens measure distance and speed at high precision and under variable environmental A otating spin of 360° is doable. As r little as a single photodetector...

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Automotive Qualified Custom Arrays 905DxxUA Series Pulsed Laser Diodes Highly Reliable Pulsed Laser Diodes Simplify Time-of-Flight Sensor Development ▪▪ AEC-Q101 automotive qualified with excellent temperature stability ▪▪ 8-, 12- or 16-element arrays, 190 x 650 µm, custom versions ▪▪ Up to 110 W laser output power As a single element design, the 905DxxUA series are available Our arrays are characterized by a very narrow gap of just 40  μm at 905  wavelength. They are highly reliable, possess excellent nm b etween the elements; and feature very low cross talk and temperature overdrive capabilities,...

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Fast Hybrids High Sensitivity QuickSwitch Pulsed Laser Diodes Fastest Hybrid Pulsed Laser Diode Best Possible Signal-to-Noise Ratio ▪▪ 1.5 to 5 ns pulse duration, up to 90 W in TO-56 package ▪▪ Low Noise Equivalent Power ▪▪ Various gain / bandwidth configurations ▪▪ Responsivity between 400 nm – 1100 nm (Si); or 900 nm – 1700 nm (InGaAs) The shorter the laser pulse, the more accurate the measurement. The short pulse duration also allows for higher pulse repetition rates, which can create a higher density point cloud. This new hybrid pulsed laser diode features the shortest pulse duration in the...

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High Volume Low-Cost High Volume Low-Cost Pulsed Laser Diodes Avalanche Photodiodes Miniature SMD, Bare Die or Ceramic Submount ▪▪ Miniature Surface Mount SMD or die packaging ▪▪ Miniature Surface Mount (SMD) package down to 2 x 1.4 mm ▪▪ 6 W up to 110 W laser output power ▪▪ Optimize high gain and low gain ▪▪ Responsivity between 400 nm – 1000 nm ▪▪ Ø detector area: 230 µm, 500 µm ▪▪ Integrated bandpass filter available Similar to the components in the M2 and M2F (with integrated bandpass filter) package, the noise is lower and the response time particularly fast. Those inexpensive components...

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Flash LiDAR Sensor Evaluation Board ▪▪ 192 x 2 pixel solid-state CMOS sensor Evaluation boards have been designed for the QuickSwitch PLD and APD arrays. The boards have either an internal pulse generator or transimpedance amplifier. The socket allows easy installation of the diodes. ▪▪ High sensitive single-photon avalanche diodes ▪▪ TDC with 312.5ps resolution in each pixel ▪▪ Adjustable background light rejection ▪▪ Timing and counting mode The SPAD2L192 is a 192 x 2 pixel solid-state CMOS sensor for flash LiDAR applications. The distance measurment is based on the firstphoton direct time-of-flight...

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Contact Germany & Worldwide Contact LASER COMPONENTS GmbH Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 15 82140 Olching / Germany Tel.: +49 8142 2864-0 [email protected] www.lasercomponents.com France LASER COMPONENTS S.A.S. 45 Bis Route des Gardes 92190 Meudon / France Tel.: +33 1 3959 5225 [email protected] www.lasercomponents.fr Nordic Countries LASER COMPONENTS Nordic AB Skars led 3 41263 Goteborg / Sweden Tel.: +46 31 703 71 73 [email protected] www.lasercomponents.se USA LASER COMPONENTS USA, Inc. 116 South River Road, Building C Bedford, NH 03110 / USA Tel: +1 603 821 7040 [email protected]...

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