Ultrafast Laser Beam Improves Self-Driving Cars

Apr-07-18 An ultrafast laser beam for self-driving cars is both simpler and uses less power.

Developed by teams from Stanford and Purdue Universities, the beam is based on “light-matter interaction between a silicon-based metasurface and short light pulses produced by a mode-locked laser with a frequency-comb spectrum.” According to the researchers, the new technology can scan a large viewing angle in as little as picoseconds, instead of the typical microseconds required by current technology.

The technology is also much less complex and requires less power, and could offer a disruptive solution to the emerging industry of autonomous vehicles.

Image Credit: Amr Shaltout Purdue Research Foundation

More Info about this Invention:

[CO.UK]
[PURDUE.EDU]

---