LUMINAR SEMIconductor

Say hello to Luminar Semi.

Luminar Semiconductor Inc. (Luminar Semi) builds innovative chip-scale photonic solutions to help solve the world’s toughest optoelectronic problems.

Created in 2021 to bring development of advanced receiver, laser and processing chip technologies in-house at Luminar Technologies, Luminar Semi not only enables unmatched LiDAR performance for the high demands of automotive but also delivers photonic solutions across a wide variety of other commercial applications.

Luminar Semi is a collection of the world's smartest PhD's and Manufacturing Engineers from four of the leading companies in the Photonics space, now combined as a single entity under Luminar.

  • Mixed Signal ASICs
  • ROICs
  • LWIE, CIS Sensors
  • X-ray sensors
  • Drivers
  • APD Detectors
  • PIN Detectors
  • Detector arrays
  • Tunable Lasers
  • Higher Power Lasers
  • Photonic ICs
  • Pump Lasers
  • Atomic Sensing
  • Single.Multimode Pump Lasers
  • DFB Lasers
  • Integrated Modules
  • Passive Micro-Optics
  • Collimators
  • PLC

Markets and applications

With over 150 customers worldwide, Luminar Semi provides advanced semiconductor solutions to global leaders in optical communications, industrial and gas sensing, and satellite and space photonics, including four of the five leading aerospace and defense contractors.

Defense and Aerospace

  • Free Space Optical Communications (FSOC)
  • PNT (Position, Navigation, and Timing)
  • Directed Energy
  • Laser Range Finding

Sensing and Instrumentation

  • Gas Sensing
  • Fiber Sensing
  • Quantum & Atomic Sensing
  • Medical Imaging

Optical Communications

  • Free Space Optical Communications
  • Analog/Digital Specialty Fiber Communications
  • Datacom/OIO
  • Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)

Robotics

  • Remote sensing
  • Guidance
  • Navigation
  • LiDAR

Luminar Semi Capabilities

Black Forest Engineering
705e3
Black Forest Engineering
705e3
Freedom Photonics
Various semiconductor lasers and active photonic integrated circuits
EM4
Butterfly rugged laser module
Optogration
200um front entry InGaAs APD
Freedom Photonics
Micro-optic sub assembly for an optical sensing system
Freedom Photonics
Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuit
Black Forest Engineering
705e3
Black Forest Engineering
705e3
Freedom Photonics
Various semiconductor lasers and active photonic integrated circuits
EM4
Butterfly rugged laser module
Optogration
200um front entry InGaAs APD
Freedom Photonics
Micro-optic sub assembly for an optical sensing system
Freedom Photonics
Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuit
Black Forest Engineering
705e3
Black Forest Engineering
705e3
Freedom Photonics
Various semiconductor lasers and active photonic integrated circuits
EM4
Butterfly rugged laser module
Optogration
200um front entry InGaAs APD
Freedom Photonics
Micro-optic sub assembly for an optical sensing system
Freedom Photonics
Silicon Photonics Integrated Circuit
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Luminar Semi is comprised of Black Forest Engineering, EM4, Freedom Photonics, and Optogration, all key suppliers of integral photonic components for a variety of applications and markets.

These companies are experts in ROICs, laser sources, photonic integration, packaging, photodetectors & arrays and this combination enables Luminar Semi to provide solutions at the integration level required by our customers, from chips and arrays on up to components and subsystems.

Space Heritage in High Profile Missions.

Luminar Semi hardware has significant space heritage across multiple high profile space missions including:

NASA: 2013-2014
Mission: Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE)
Credit: NASA Ames / Dana Berry
NASA: 2013-present
Mission: Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD)
Credit: NASA / Dave Ryan
JAXA: 2021-present
Mission: Laser Utilizing Communication System (LUCAS)
Credit: JAXA
NASA: 2001-2013
Mission: Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE)
Credit: NASA
NASA: 2013-2014
Mission: Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE)
Credit: NASA Ames / Dana Berry
NASA: 2013-present
Mission: Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD)
Credit: NASA / Dave Ryan
JAXA: 2021-present
Mission: Laser Utilizing Communication System (LUCAS)
Credit: JAXA
NASA: 2001-2013
Mission: Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE)
Credit: NASA
NASA: 2013-2014
Mission: Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE)
Credit: NASA Ames / Dana Berry
NASA: 2013-present
Mission: Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD)
Credit: NASA / Dave Ryan
JAXA: 2021-present
Mission: Laser Utilizing Communication System (LUCAS)
Credit: JAXA
NASA: 2001-2013
Mission: Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE)
Credit: NASA
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Industry Firsts in Automotive

The team at Luminar Semi delivered the world's first InGaAs based semiconductor designed to support high performing automotive grade LiDAR at scale. With these semiconductors as the foundation, Luminar’s Iris LiDAR is now the first and only LiDAR to be introduced as standard on a global production vehicle with Volvo’s EX90.

Contact sales@luminarsemi.com for more information on Luminar Semi’s broad suite of solutions.