Single chip lidar with discrete beam steering by digital micromirror device
Posted on 2017-06-28 - 21:08
A novel method of beam steering enables a large field of view and reliable single chip light detection and ranging (lidar) by utilizing a mass-produced digital micromirror device (DMD). Using a short pulsed laser, the micromirrors’ rotation is frozen in mid-transition, which forms a programmable blazed grating. The blazed grating efficiently redistributes the light to a single diffraction order, among several. We demonstrated time of flight measurements for five discrete angles using this beam steering method with a nano second 905nm laser and Si avalanche diode. A distance accuracy of < 1 cm over a 1 m distance range, a 48° full field of view, and a measurement rate of 3.34k points/s is demonstrated.
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Smith, Braden; Hellman, Brandon; Gin, Adley; Espinoza, Alonzo; Takashima, Yuzuru (2017). Single chip lidar with discrete beam steering by digital micromirror device. Optica Publishing Group. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3813673.v1