Sensing & algorithm development

LIDAR

Build the measurement around the mission.

Alpha Photonics connects laser sources, receiver architectures, optical design, signal processing, and adaptive control to the sensing task. Our cognitive lidar approach uses each return to update the scene estimate and select the next useful measurement.

System development

Optics and algorithms,
designed together.

Transmitter waveforms, detector behavior, acquisition timing, and processing choices determine which measurements are useful. We develop these elements together, from architecture and modeling through integration and verification.

Algorithmic capabilities

Physics-informed sensing models, signal processing, scene estimation, tracking, and adaptive measurement scheduling connect the optical hardware to the information the system needs.

Development includes evaluating pulse selection, receive windows, detector settings, and dwell against the sensing objective, hardware constraints, and available evidence.

Adaptive sensing