Single photon lidar with low-power laser opens up air and space applications

The single-photon airborne lidar system could make single-photon lidar practical for air and space applications such as 3D terrain mapping. Image: Feihu Xu, University of Science and Technology of China

The lidar system has the capability to achieve an imaging resolution that surpasses the diffraction limit of light when used with sub-pixel scanning and a new 3D deconvolution algorithm

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Luminar’s Halo lidar system measures 25mm in height, weighs less than a kilogram and consumes just 10w.

Lidar system from Luminar installed in new safety-conscious Volvo EVs as standard

Silicon Valley automotive lidar startup Luminar has begun production of the Iris system, which is set to be installed in the all-electric Volvo EX90 this year.

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