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LIDAR system with polarization diversity

US11378692B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SiLC Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

Majid Boloorian · San Diego, US
Bradley Jonathan Luff · San Marino, US
Mehdi Asghari · Pasadena, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 5, 2019
Grant date	Jul 5, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 14, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S7/4817
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The system also includes components that combine contributions from different signals so as to generate composite signals that each carries the LIDAR data. Each composite signal is associated with a polarization state and is also a signal component selected from a quadrature component and an in-phase component. Each of the composite signals is associated with a different combination of polarization state and signal component. The system also includes electronics that combine the composite signals so as to generate an in-phase component of a complex LIDAR data signal and a quadrature component of the LIDAR data signal. The electronics extract the LIDAR data from the complex LIDAR data signal.

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