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LIDAR system with a multi-mode waveguide photodetector

US11754681B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Aeva, Inc. · US

Inventors

Behsan Behzadi · Menlo Park, US
Omer P. Kocaoglu · Fremont, US
Keith Gagne · Santa Clara, US
Oguzhan Avci · Cupertino, US
Neal N. Oza · Palo Alto, US
Mina Rezk · Haymarket, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 4, 2019
Grant date	Sep 12, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 15, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B27/30
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) apparatus is provided that includes an optical source configured to emit an optical beam. The LIDAR apparatus further includes free space optics configured to receive a first portion of the optical beam as a target signal and a second portion of the optical beam as a local oscillator signal, and combine the target signal and the local oscillator signal. The LIDAR apparatus includes a multi-mode (MM) waveguide configured to receive the combined signal.

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