OPTICAL PHASED ARRAYS AND SPHERICAL SHIFT INVARIANT SENSORS FOR USE IN ADVANCED LIDAR SYSTEMS

摘要

A LIDAR system architecture which transmits light via an optical phased array and receives the reflected signal with a spherically shift invariant sensor. Phased arrays offer the ability to quickly scan a desired area by manipulating the electrical, or in this case - thermal, properties of an array of sensors. Similarly spherically shift invariant systems offer the ability to bring light into focus at the same location regardless of its angle of arrival.