PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an eye safety scanning LIDAR system. A lidar illuminator includes a plurality of laser sources, each comprising an electrical input that receives a modulation drive signal that causes each of the plurality of laser sources to generate an optical beam. Multiple optical beams in which the controller forms an optical beam combined with multiple laser sources, each of which has multiple electrical outputs connected to the electrical inputs of the individual of multiple laser sources. Generates multiple modulation drive signals. The peak optical energy of the combined optical beam within the measurement aperture at the measurement distance is less than the desired value. [Selection diagram] None
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