Product profile
940 nm Multi-Mode VCSEL Arrays
Coherent 940 nm Multi-Mode VCSEL Arrays are laser arrays for optical 3D sensing applications. They are designed for fast rise times and automotive-qualifie...
Facts
- Company
- Coherent Corp.
- Product type
- optical_emitter_array
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- 940 nm illumination for LiDAR and 3D time-of-flight sensing
- Website
- https://www.coherent.com/components-accessories/sensing-lasers/940-vcsel-array
About 940 nm Multi-Mode VCSEL Arrays
Coherent’s 940-nanometre VCSEL arrays use a multijunction architecture to produce high optical power at comparatively low current. Published devices provide fast rise times around one nanosecond, reducing driver complexity and electromagnetic interference during short-pulse operation.
Product variants span several output-power ranges and include AEC-Q102-qualified devices for automotive use. The arrays illuminate structured-light, short-range lidar, proximity, occupancy and gesture-sensing systems in vehicles, robots, cameras and connected devices. Coherent supplies the laser source for integration with customer-selected optics, drivers and receiver hardware in depth-sensing modules.
Market context
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Summary
Type: VCSEL array
Core: IR illumination
Function: Sensing
Audience: Electronics OEMs
Specifications
- applications
- Short-range LiDAR, 3D cameras, mobile, IoT and robotic 3D sensing
- architecture
- Multi-junction laser diode array
- output_power_options
- 2 W, 4.6 W and 11.4 W product-code options
- peak_pulsed_power
- Up to 110 W in short pulses for the double-junction 4.6 W model W
- qualification
- AEC-Q102 qualification
- rise_time
- 1 ns
- wavelength
- 940 nm
Operations
- Environment
- embedded_optical_sensing_system
- Primary user
- optical_system_integrator, lidar_manufacturer, robotics_sensor_developer
- Role
- infrared_emission, time_of_flight_illumination
- Interaction model
- embedded_component
- Mobility class
- non_mobile_component
- Product detail
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