Formerly a subsidiary of Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton Lightwave, Inc. provides leading-edge semiconductor lasers and optical components for optical networks, medical systems, and other applications. Initially focused to telecommunication applications, some three years into operations the firm shifted its focus towards detection and imaging and then to LIDAR. In October 2017, it was announced that Princeton Lightwave - a LIDAR company - had been acquired by Argo AI, the Pittsburgh-based self-driving car company - itself backed by a $1 billion from Ford. Princeton Lightwave develops single-photon counting products based on indium phosphide: single-photon counting products. Princeton Lightwave Geiger-mode sensing delivers disruptive capabilities for navigating vehicles autonomously, for imaging the world in 3D, for communicating without being hacked. The firm's GeigerCruizer™ automotive LiDARs make driverless cars safer by seeing further; their 3D LiDAR cameras map surroundings faster from the sky and on the ground while their Geiger-mode detectors make encrypted communications more secure.
