Voyant Photonics launches Helium™ fully solid-state 4D LiDAR on chip
Voyant Photonics, a leader in chip-scale frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) LiDAR, has announced its Helium™ platform, a fully solid-state LiDAR solution built on a silicon photonics chip. The platform integrates a 2D photonic focal plane array with on-chip beam steering, eliminating all moving parts and enabling ultra-compact, rugged, and high-performance 4D depth and velocity sensing.
Helium supports multi-sensor configurations, combining wide-field short-range and narrow-field long-range sensing, and leverages per-pixel radial velocity measurement and software-defined scanning to adapt dynamically to application needs. With a matchbox-sized form factor, Helium is designed for industrial automation, robotics, mobile autonomy, and embedded AI systems.
Built on Voyant’s proprietary PIC platform, Helium offers scalable manufacturability with semiconductor-class cost structures and an estimated 20× improvement in reliability over legacy ToF LiDAR systems. The platform extends Voyant’s Carbon™ family by moving from 1D to 2D on-chip beam steering, providing higher resolution and fully solid-state scanning for OEM integration.
Voyant will showcase its Helium prototype at CES 2026 (Las Vegas, Jan 6–9) and is opening an early access programfor OEMs and automation partners to explore custom resolutions, field-of-view options, module configurations, and multi-sensor fusion capabilities.
