NeoPhotonics is sampling Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOAs) and Narrow Linewidth (NLW) Distributed Feedback Lasers (DFB) lasers for LIDAR applications. The lasers have 1550nm wavelength SOAs with >24 dBm (>250mW) output power along with 1550nm NLW-DFB lasers that enable automotive Lidar systems to “see”  farther than 200 metres. Chip scale manufacturing requires coherent Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) ...

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