The invention discloses a liquid crystal optical waveguide and laser radar. The liquid crystal optical waveguide comprises a liquid crystal assembly, a waveguide core, a cladding layer and a first conductive film. When the first conductive film is not connected with a first electrode, the waveguide core is in a mode guiding mode, and therefore, when the laser beams enter the waveguide core, the laser beams can carry out total reflection propagation in the waveguide core. Due to the fact that the first conductive film is arranged on one side of the liquid crystal assembly, when the first conductive film is connected with the first electrode, the liquid crystal assembly is in an electric field, so that the liquid crystal molecules can be re-ordered under the action of the electric field, andthe refractive index of the liquid crystal assembly is changed, and at the moment, the waveguide core is in a radiation mode state. When the laser beams are emitted into the waveguide core, the laserbeams can be refracted into the liquid crystal assembly, and the original laser beams can be deflected under the action of the liquid crystal molecules, so that the laser beams can be emitted at different angles, and therefore, the laser beams can complete scanning of the plane direction of the vertical waveguide core.