The Lite Cycles Legacy
Lite Cycles, Inc. (LCI) is a leader in the design and development of advanced Electro-Optical (EO) systems with an emphasis on 3-D Light/Laser Detection and Ranging (LIDAR/LADAR). LCI was founded in 1995 in the heart of "Optics Valley"- Tucson, Arizona . Since its inception, LCI has emphasized a culture of innovation, teamwork, and loyalty that has attracted and retained the experienced and talented employees necessary for state-of-the-art EO system development. LCI's unique technology, multi-disciplinary expertise, and extensive EO system development experience, provide a solid foundation for complete EO system solutions for a broad range of mission requirements:
- Development of innovative EO system concepts
- System performance analysis using proprietary LCI codes
- Optical detector specification and selection
- High-bandwidth detector analog electronics with digitization
- Compact, high-density, digital LIDAR control and signal processing algorithms executed in firmware
- High-precision LIDAR range estimation using proprietary LCI technology
- Compact, high-bandwidth fiber channel data transmission and recording
- Compact, rugged, air-cooled, diode-pumped, single and multiple wavelength lasers
- Proprietary Integrated Scanner, Detector, and Telescope (ISDTTM) gimbal designs enabling large-aperture multiple receiver LIDAR system integration into Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) applications
- System electro-optical-mechanical design, fabrication, and assembly
- Laboratory and field data collection
- Data analysis
These capabilities have generated a number of unique LCI EO system products and programs.