Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits for LiDAR

Abstract

Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) is widely thought to be the next big market for silicon photonics after data and telecommunications. In this talk, we will present some recent progress silicon photonics made in miniaturization of LiDAR systems, including heterogeneous III-V/Si OPA, integrated Pockels laser with fast chirping capabilities and microcomb sources with wide chirping range.