title: Technology - Lumotive
source: https://lumotive.com/technology/
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- "[[Lumotive]]"
published: 2023-05-26
created: 2025-02-23
description: Programmable Optics Powered by Light Control Metasurface™ Technology Groundbreaking Physics Meets Mature Manufacturing Light Control Metasurface (LCM™) chips guide photons using the light-bending properties of metamaterial surfaces. Nanostructures smaller than the wavelength of light work together to both shape and steer optical energy in any direction within the field of view. LCMs are manufactured using […]
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Programmable Optics
Powered by Light Control Metasurface™ Technology
Groundbreaking Physics Meets Mature Manufacturing
Light Control Metasurface (LCM™) chips guide photons using the light-bending properties of metamaterial surfaces. Nanostructures smaller than the wavelength of light work together to both shape and steer optical energy in any direction within the field of view.
LCMs are manufactured using conventional silicon fabrication processes available at semiconductor foundries worldwide. This results in products that are scalable into the billions of units, yet can be optimized for cost or performance to suit the application.
Protected By More Than 100+ Patents
Key Advantages of LCM Optical Beamforming
Truly Solid State
CMOS chip features no mechanical components, requires no steering angle calibration, and is suitable for automotive temperature ranges
160° Steering Field Of View
Up to 180° with expanding optics. Wider achievable field of view than any other directional beam steering technology.
Software-Defined Scanning
Without mechanical inertia, LCMs can shape light in any pattern across the field of view in the order of microseconds.
Scalability to Fit Any Beam-Steering Application
Ranging from consumer electronics and long-range automotive 3D sensing, to optical communication and switching for hyperscaler data centers with ultra-large port counts.
Multiple Wavelengths and Architectures
LCMs can shape and direct light in any optical architecture, whether using VCSEL, edge emitters, or fiber lasers at 905 nm, 1310 nm, or 1550 nm wavelengths, employing ToF or FMCW.
Powered By Metamaterials
LCMs control light using the unique properties of metamaterial surfaces which operate at the sub-wavelength level.
Unparalleled Flexibility and Programmability
Dynamic scanning for a dynamic world
Digital beam steering, enabled by optical beamforming with Lumotive LCMs, lights the way for the future of lidar and 3D sensing. Unconstrained by the motion and reliability of mechanical parts, a sensor can adjust its scanning behavior instantaneously, in real time, to respond to the situation.
Transformative Technology Across Applications
Lumotive products scale across multiple industries and offer a wide range of applications
3D Sensing
Optical Communications
Optical Switching
Defense Technologies
