US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Jan. 13 for "Compact LIDAR system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,770, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Compact LIDAR system" was invented by Lutfollah Maleki (Pasadena, Calif.) and Andrey B. Matsko (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An FM LIDAR system is described that includes a frequency modulated LIDAR system that incorporates a laser source that is optically coupled to a whispering gallery mode optical resonator. Light from the laser that is coupled into the whispering gallery mode optical resonator is coupled back out as a returning counterpropagating wave having a frequency characteristic of a whispering gallery mode of the opti...