By nLIGHT
nLIGHT’s laser portfolio for active sensing is a critical national security asset for gathering situational awareness for the warfighter. Unlike passive sensors, such as cameras, that rely on ambient light, active sensors use lasers to capture precise measurements within high resolution imagery. When a laser pulse is emitted, it interacts with the target, and the reflected or scattered light is detected. The time it takes for the light to return, along with shifts in intensity and frequency, provides valuable information about the target's distance, velocity, shape, and surface characteristics. nLIGHT lasers are built at U.S. manufacturing sites, incorporating innovative and proprietary technologies across the entire technology stack from semiconductor laser diodes to high-power fiber amplifiers, and beam-combined lasers. Applications for our active sensing lasers include threat detection, designation and identification, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions and optical transmission for communications in space.
