Technology - Lumotive

Powered by Light Control Metasurface™ Technology

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.

Truly Solid State

CMOS chip features no mechanical components, requires no steering angle calibration, and is suitable for automotive temperature ranges

Up to 180° with expanding optics. Wider achievable field of view than any other directional beam steering technology.

Without mechanical inertia, LCMs can shape light in any pattern across the field of view in the order of microseconds.

Ranging from consumer electronics and long-range automotive 3D sensing, to optical communication and switching for hyperscaler data centers with ultra-large port counts.

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.

LCMs control light using the unique properties of metamaterial surfaces which operate at the sub-wavelength level.

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.

Lumotive products scale across multiple industries and offer a wide range of applications