The invention relates to a
lidar system for detecting the surroundings, in order to transmit and / or receive light beams, comprising a
waveguide array consisting of a plurality of radiating waveguides, preferably of the same type and arranged in parallel, each
waveguide having a plurality of
coupling points or radiating
waveguide surfaces, the waveguide surface has a plurality of, in particular strip-shaped
coupling structures, preferably
coupling points or coupling structures for the
radiation are located in an approximately
equidistant grid, and the
radiation direction is caused to oscillate in a first
spatial direction by a change in the frequency and / or the
effective refractive index of the wave in the
radiation waveguide or in the radiation waveguide surface, the radiating
waveguide array or the radiating waveguide surfaces are fed from the output end of the planar lens via the connecting waveguides or the connecting waveguide surfaces, and the radiating direction is rotated in a second
spatial direction, preferably perpendicular to the first
spatial direction, by means of a change in the frequency and / or the
effective refractive index of the
waves in the connecting waveguides or the connecting waveguide surfaces. The planar lens has a plurality of input ends which implement different radiation directions in a second spatial direction and which are coupled to the transmit-receive channels running in parallel, so that the radiation
waveguide array or the radiation waveguide surface can be used for simultaneous detection of different radiation directions, preferably one of the two spatial directions is horizontal, and preferably one of the two spatial directions is horizontal. The other is vertical, preferably an arrangement comprising an array of radiating waveguides or radiating waveguide faces and connecting waveguides or connecting waveguide faces together with planar lenses is implemented on a
photonic chip.