Analog Devices, Inc.
OPTICAL PULSE CODING IN A LIDAR SYSTEM

Abstract:

Techniques are described to encode a single light pulse with information that can provide the benefits of a single long pulse and a short, coded pulse train. For example, techniques are described to generate a light pulse for transmission that has an optical intensity profile that includes a waveform having one or more relatively narrower pulses superimposed upon a relatively wider pulse. Thus, a hybrid pulse can be generated that includes both a wide pulse and a narrow pulse train portion, for example, superimposed thereon.