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<p>AI-empowered autonomous vehicles must sense the fast-changing three-dimensional environments with high speed and precision. However, the tradeoff between acquisition rate and non-ambiguity range prevents most LiDARs from achieving high-speed absolute distance measurement. Here we demonstrate a lithium niobate electro-optic comb-enabled ultrafast absolute distance measurement method — repetition rate-modulated frequency comb (RRMFC). We achieved an integrated lithium-niobate phase modulator with a half-wave voltage of 1.47 V, leading to over 50 sidebands and a repetition rate can be tuned over 12 GHz in 4 μs. Leveraging these unique features, RRMFC can coherently measure the distance by detecting interference peaks in the time domain, leading to acquisition rates up to 1.79 GHz and a large non-ambiguity range. This single-channel acquisition rate is over 4 orders of magnitude higher than the state-of-the-art absolute distance measurement system. Thus, RRMFC-based LiDAR allows autonomous vehicles to sense the fine details of a fast-changing environment using a single laser.</p>

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1.79-GHz acquisition rate absolute distance measurement with lithium niobate electro-optic comb

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    2025年3月25日

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  • Yifan Qi,
  • Xingyu Jia,
  • Jingyi Wang,
  • Weiwei Yang,
  • Yihan Miao,
  • Xinlun Cai,
  • Guanhao Wu,
  • Yang Li

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AI-empowered autonomous vehicles must sense the fast-changing three-dimensional environments with high speed and precision. However, the tradeoff between acquisition rate and non-ambiguity range prevents most LiDARs from achieving high-speed absolute distance measurement. Here we demonstrate a lithium niobate electro-optic comb-enabled ultrafast absolute distance measurement method — repetition rate-modulated frequency comb (RRMFC). We achieved an integrated lithium-niobate phase modulator with a half-wave voltage of 1.47 V, leading to over 50 sidebands and a repetition rate can be tuned over 12 GHz in 4 μs. Leveraging these unique features, RRMFC can coherently measure the distance by detecting interference peaks in the time domain, leading to acquisition rates up to 1.79 GHz and a large non-ambiguity range. This single-channel acquisition rate is over 4 orders of magnitude higher than the state-of-the-art absolute distance measurement system. Thus, RRMFC-based LiDAR allows autonomous vehicles to sense the fine details of a fast-changing environment using a single laser.