Phlux: Next generation infrared APDs

VisionAutonomous汽车和激光扫描系统有很多共同点;它们依赖于对红外光的精确检测。我们的公司Phlux将推出下一代红外线探测器，其灵敏度是当前最先进技术的五倍。我们专有的低噪音技术将使自动驾驶汽车能够以极高的精度看到更远的地方，并将洪水流域、森林生物量和海岸侵蚀测绘的地理空间（环境）测绘时间从数月缩短到数天。我们的技术还可以在未来提供超高速和超安全的光通信和超分辨率成像。创新连接是激光雷达，一种广泛使用的距离测量技术。光探测器是激光雷达的关键部件，使其能够“看到”物体。我们的新型探测器可以检测到几乎无噪声的红外光，增益高达50（比目前可用的技术高5倍，噪声更低）。到目前为止，我们的技术最大的确定机会是在自动驾驶汽车（AV）中，激光雷达系统提供眼睛。尽管演示中的所有视觉系统都不够好，但在雾和雨等恶劣天气中，无人驾驶汽车无法充分发挥无人驾驶汽车革命的潜力。Phlux的超灵敏红外探测器可以在很大程度上消除这一问题。重点和目标该项目将把Phlux的技术从实验室演示转化为激光雷达系统中的支持组件，准备部署。该项目的主要目标是：* 原型开发，以支持客户参与 * 建立供应链，以支持到2024年预计的310万台/年的市场量 * De-在2021年第一季度，Phlux将开发符合要求规范的原型设备，由几个主要参与者提供。与该领域的合作伙伴合作，这些设备将在真实的系统中进行试验。我们的中心目标是实现一定水平的系统演示和整体风险降低，从而吸引实现业务增长所需的大规模资金。Phlux拥有改变LIDAR性能的技术。由于OEM的转换成本较低，我们希望快速采用和加速产品开发，使我们能够将这项令人兴奋的新技术商业化。

VisionAutonomous cars and laser scanning systems have much in common; they rely on the precise detection of infrared light. Our company, Phlux, will introduce a next generation infrared light detector, with five times higher sensitivity than current state-of-the-art. Our proprietary low noise technology will enable autonomous cars to see further with extremely high accuracy and reduce the time of geospatial (environmental) mapping of flood basins, forestry biomass, and coastal erosion mapping from months to days. Our technology could also provide superfast and ultra-secured optical communication and super-resolution imaging in the future.InnovationThe connection is LIDAR, a widely used range measurement technique. The light detector is the key component of LIDAR that enables it to "see" an object. Our novel detectors can detect infrared light with virtually noiseless gain, as large as 50 (5 times higher than currently available technology and with lower noise).By far the largest identified opportunity for our technology is in autonomous vehicles (AVs) where LIDAR systems provide the eyes. Despite all of the vision systems in demonstration AVs cannot see well enough, in adverse weather such as fog and rain, to enable the full potential of driverless car revolution. Phlux's ultra sensitive detectors working in the infrared can largely eliminate this problem.Focus and ObjectivesThis project will translate Phlux's technology from lab demonstrator to enabling components in LIDAR systems, ready for deployment.This project's main aims are:* Prototype development to support customer engagement* Building a supply chain to support the anticipated market volumes of 3.1M units/yr by 2024* De-risk the technology to secure additional £750k of private investment in Q1 of 2021Phlux will develop prototype devices meeting requirement specifications provided by several major players. Working with partners in the field, these devices will be trialled in real systems. Our central objective is to achieve a level of system demonstration and overall risk reduction that can attract the large scale funding needed to achieve the required level of business growth.Phlux has the technology to transform LIDAR performance. With a low switching cost for OEMs, we expect rapid adoption and acceleration of product development, enabling us to commercialise this exciting new technology.