OPTICAL SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR A LiDAR SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE

A vehicle, comprising:

• optical system, including:
• at least one optical transmitter configured to emit scanning light beams into surroundings to scan the surroundings for surroundings objects;
• at least one optical detector configured to receive reflected light beams from the surroundings;
• and
• a data processing unit;
• wherein the optical system is configured to a) detect and differentiate reflected light beams in at least two wavelength ranges and/or b) detect and differentiate reflected light beams having at least two polarization directions, so that the optical system is configured to, using the data processing unit, determine a position of scanned surroundings objects and surface properties of the scanned surroundings objects, from differences between the reflected light beams and the emitted scanning light beams;
• wherein the optical system is installed in the vehicle in such a way that the scanning light beams scan surroundings of the vehicle during operation of the optical system.