Raman lidar works by emitting a pulse of green laser light into the water that interacts with substances such as oil. This excites inelastic Raman signals that can be used to identify substances.

An overview of the importance of 3D digital forest twins, the utility of different laser (LiDAR) sensors and platforms for ...

Researchers have developed a laser device smaller than a penny with applications ranging from to LiDAR systems to gravitational wave detection. A new chip-scale laser can conduct extremely fast and ...

Researchers have developed a new hyperspectral Raman imaging lidar system that can remotely detect and identify various types of plastics. This technology could help address the critical issue of ...

For instance, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), makes use of lidar systems to generate accurate shoreline maps, monitor weather ... Back in 2021, laser scanners accounted ...

Below, its lidar system scans the landscape ... The system’s ability to map reefs in high resolution helps researchers monitor changes in coral health over time. This information is essential ...

ROHM’s new 1-kW, 905-nm, 1x8 laser array is aimed at LiDAR and ADAS applications. Andy also provides his EDitor’s Take on designing with this component. ROHM’s RLD8BQAB3 1-kW, 905-nm ...

Concentrated laser beams, even “eye-safe” ones, can permanently “fry” the tiny pixels on your phone’s camera sensor. This risk extends to modern car LiDAR sensors, which are laser-based.

In 2013, an environmental project commissioned a laser-mapping survey to monitor forest density, carbon storage, and ...

Other research groups have explored using hyperspectral Raman imaging to monitor plastic pollution ... a pulsed 532- nm green laser for lidar measurements and a 2D imaging spectrometer equipped ...