Wide-angle MEMS-based imaging lidar by decoupled scan axes

Brandon Hellman; Adley Gin; Braden Smith; Young Sik Kim; Guanghao Chen; Paul Winkler; Phillip McCann; Yuzuru Takashima

doi:10.1364/AO.59.000028

Wide-angle MEMS-based imaging lidar by decoupled scan axes

Brandon Hellman, Adley Gin, Braden Smith, Young Sik Kim, Guanghao Chen, Paul Winkler, Phillip McCann, Yuzuru Takashima

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We present an optical architecture for a scanning lidar in which a digital micromirror device (DMD) is placed at an intermediate image plane in a receiver to decouple the trade-offs between scan angle, scan speed, and aperture size of the lidar’s transmitter and receiver. In the architecture, the transmitter with a galvo mirror and the receiver with a DMD scan the horizontal and vertical fields of view, respectively, to enable an increased field of view of 50^◦, centimeter transmitter beam diameter, and video frame rate range finding captures. We present our optimized system and discuss the adjustable parameter trade-offs.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	28-37
Number of pages	10
Journal	Applied optics
Volume	59
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.59.000028
State	Published - Jan 1 2020

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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