Wide Field of View Real-time flash DMD-Lidar with 2D Multi-Pixel Photon Counter

Jeff Chan, Chin I. Tang, Xianyue Deng, Ted Lee, Yuzuru Takashima

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Abstract

We demonstrated a real-time lidar system applying a Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) as a field of view (FOV) expander of a lidar receiver employing a 2D Multi-Pixel Photon Counter (MPPC). By temporally synchronizing the transitional state of micromirrors with returning photons from lidar, receiver FOV is diffractively steered to the targets’ direction enabled by nano-second pulse laser. With a nanosecond 905nm laser transmitter, time-of-flight (ToF) lidar images were captured across 7 diffraction orders with the expanded 35 degrees full field of view lidar scanning range.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationEmerging Digital Micromirror Device Based Systems and Applications XV
EditorsJohn Ehmke, Benjamin L. Lee
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510659759
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
EventEmerging Digital Micromirror Device Based Systems and Applications XV 2023 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: Jan 30 2023Feb 1 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume12435

Conference

ConferenceEmerging Digital Micromirror Device Based Systems and Applications XV 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period1/30/232/1/23

Keywords

  • Digital Micromirror Device (DMD)
  • Lidar
  • Multi-Pixel Photon Counter (MPPC)
  • Time-of-flight (ToF)
  • beam steering
  • solid-state lidar

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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