NeoPhotonics Announces Tunable, High Power FMCW Laser and Semiconductor Optical Amplifier for Coherent Lidar in Autonomous Vehicle and Industrial Sensing Applications
14 Settembre 2021 - 2:45PM
Business Wire
High Output Power and Narrow Linewidth in the
“Eye Safe” 1550nm Window Can Contribute to Enhancing Safety in
Autonomous Vehicle Applications
NeoPhotonics Corporation (NYSE: NPTN), a leading developer of
silicon photonics and advanced hybrid photonic integrated
circuit-based lasers, modules and subsystems for
bandwidth-intensive, high speed communications networks, today
announced a new, tunable high power FMCW (frequency-modulated
continuous-wave) laser module and high power semiconductor optical
amplifier (SOA) chips. Both components are optimized to enable long
range automotive lidar and high resolution industrial sensing
applications. The FMCW Laser is C-band tunable and can be directly
modulated to provide >21dBm (126mW) fiber coupled power and a
narrow linewidth FMCW optical signal. The SOA chip is designed for
integration with Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) lidar engines
and provides >23dBm optical output power.
These new high output power SOAs and FMCW lasers are based on
NeoPhotonics photonic integration platform and improve sensitivity
and range, which enables automotive lidar systems to “see”
considerably farther than 200 meters, allowing for enhanced safety.
Both products operate in the 1550 nm band, which is believed to be
more “eye safe”, and are currently being sampled to key customers.
In addition, tunable FMCW laser sources enable lidars with
configurable operating wavelength thus further enhancing the
immunity of coherent lidars to external light interference.
Coherent lidar, also called FMCW lidar, uses coherent technology
to greatly increase range and sensitivity by measuring the phase of
the reflected light instead of relying only on intensity
measurements. Coherent technology was pioneered by NeoPhotonics for
communications applications and implemented in PICs using
NeoPhotonics Indium Phosphide and Silicon Photonics integration
platforms. Coherent lidar systems require similar chip-scale
manufacturing to reduce costs and enable high volume.
Coherent detection, whether for lidar or Communications
applications, uses photonic integrated circuits (PICs) to extract
phase and amplitude information from the optical signal. Narrow
linewidth and low phase noise lasers are required for precise phase
measurements and high optical power is required to compensate for
optical loss in the Silicon Photonics optical chips and to provide
a sufficient return signal from distant objects for efficient
detection. NeoPhotonics narrow linewidth laser and SOA can be used
together or separately to optimize the lidar module
performance.
“We are excited to apply our high volume photonic integration
coherent technology, which we have honed for over a decade, to the
adjacent market of lidar and autonomous vehicles,” said Tim Jenks,
Chairman and CEO of NeoPhotonics. “The benefits of coherent
technology and the physics enabling it mean we can bring the same
benefits to customers in these new markets that we have brought to
communications customers for many years,” concluded Mr. Jenks.
About NeoPhotonics
NeoPhotonics is a leading developer and manufacturer of lasers
and optoelectronic solutions that transmit, receive and switch
high-speed digital optical signals for Cloud and hyper-scale data
center internet content provider and telecom networks. The
Company’s products enable cost-effective, high-speed over distance
data transmission and efficient allocation of bandwidth in optical
networks. NeoPhotonics maintains headquarters in San Jose,
California and ISO 9001:2015 certified engineering and
manufacturing facilities in Silicon Valley (USA), Japan and China.
For additional information visit www.neophotonics.com.
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