Lg Innotek Co., Ltd.

Trumpf Photonics, Inc.

Argo Ai Gmbh

Trumpf Laser Gmbh

Viorel C Negoita

Thilo Vethake

Christopher John Trowbridge

Gary W Kamerman

Alexander Killi

Christoph Tillkorn

Ulrich Bonna

Steffen Ried

Martin Liermann

Stephan Strohmaier

Yufeng Li

Haiyan An

Tobias Barnowski

A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system including a plurality of light emitters, wherein the plurality of light emitters are configured to emit a plurality of beams, and the plurality of light emitters are configured to form a beam polarization pattern of the plurality of beams to be emitted toward an object external to the LiDAR system, a receiver that is configured to receive light reflected from the object, and an analyzer that comprises a processor and programming instructions that are configured to cause the processor to determine characteristic differences between the beam polarization pattern of the beams emitted toward the object and an intensity pattern of the light reflected from the object, determine a reflection position that is associated with the light reflected from the object, and use the determined characteristic differences to determine whether the reflection position is a position of the object or a position of a ghost.

Polarization sensitive LiDAR system

A light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system includes light emitters that emit beams of light of substantially equal intensities. The light emitters form a beam polarization pattern with beams having varying polarizations. The LiDAR system also will include a receiver to receive light reflected from the object. An analyzer will determine characteristic differences between the beam polarization pattern of the beams emitted toward the object and an intensity pattern of the light reflected from the object, determine a reflection position that is associated with the light reflected from the object, and use the determined characteristic differences to determine whether the reflection position is a position of the object or a position of a ghost.

A device for wavelength coupling of laser beams () with different wavelengths (&#x3bb;, . . . &#x3bb;), comprising: at least one laser source for generating a plurality of laser beams (), and an overlapping device for spatial overlapping of the plurality of laser beams () for forming an overlapped laser beam with a plurality of wavelengths (&#x3bb;. . . &#x3bb;). The device has a feedback device arranged between the laser source and the overlapping device for feeding a radiation proportion of the laser beams () to be overlapped back to the laser source, the feedback device comprising a partially reflecting angle-dispersive optical element, in particular a partially reflecting diffraction grating. The overlapping device may, for example, be configured as a transmitting or reflecting diffraction grating whose optical properties are adapted to the optical properties of the partially reflecting diffraction grating to overlap the laser beams () in an essentially dispersion-free manner.

Device for wavelength combining of laser beams

A laser system includes a first source and a second source for generating a first laser beam and a second laser beam, respectively, and a mirror arrangement including a first interleaving laser mirror with a high reflecting area configured to reflect the first laser beam and a first high transmitting area configured to transmit the second laser beam.

Laser beam interleaving

A laser system includes at least two sources configured to provide at least two spatially separated laser beams, and a mount configured to mount the at least two sources along an arc, the arc defining an angular coordinate and a radial coordinate, wherein an axial coordinate is orthogonal to the angular coordinate and the radial coordinate, and the spatially separated laser beams are separated in the axial coordinate. The mount is further configured to mount the at least two sources providing thereby an offset of the laser beams in the axial coordinate such that the laser beams interleave in the axial direction at a center region of the arc.

Interleaving laser beams

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