High speed and low side lobe optical phased array steering by phase correction technique

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yadong Jin ◽  
Aimin Yan ◽  
Zhijuan Hu ◽  
Zhenyu Zhao ◽  
Wangzhou Shi
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Phased Array ◽  
Side Lobe ◽  
Phase Correction ◽  
Correction Technique ◽  
Optical Phased Array

scholarly journals A Design Approach of Optical Phased Array with Low Side Lobe Level and Wide Angle Steering Range

Photonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Xinyu He ◽  
Tao Dong ◽  
Jingwen He ◽  
Yue Xu
Keyword(s):  
Phased Array ◽  
Phase Distribution ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Side Lobe ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Optical Antennas ◽  
Side Lobe Level ◽  
Wide Angle ◽  
Spacing Distribution ◽  
Optical Phased Array

In this paper, a new design approach of optical phased array (OPA) with low side lobe level (SLL) and wide angle steering range is proposed. This approach consists of two steps. Firstly, a nonuniform antenna array is designed by optimizing the antenna spacing distribution with particle swarm optimization (PSO). Secondly, on the basis of the optimized antenna spacing distribution, PSO is further used to optimize the phase distribution of the optical antennas when the beam steers for realizing lower SLL. Based on the approach we mentioned, we design a nonuniform OPA which has 1024 optical antennas to achieve the steering range of ±60°. When the beam steering angle is 0°, 20°, 30°, 45° and 60°, the SLL obtained by optimizing phase distribution is −21.35, −18.79, −17.91, −18.46 and −18.51 dB, respectively. This kind of OPA with low SLL and wide angle steering range has broad application prospects in laser communication and lidar system.

scholarly journals High speed optical phased array using high contrast grating all-pass filters

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (17) ◽  
pp. 20038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weijian Yang ◽  
Tianbo Sun ◽  
Yi Rao ◽  
Mischa Megens ◽  
Trevor Chan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Phased Array ◽  
High Contrast ◽  
High Contrast Grating ◽  
Optical Phased Array

scholarly journals Wide-Angle Beam-Steering Using an Optical Phased Array with Non-Uniform-Width Waveguide Radiators

Photonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Youngin Kim ◽  
Hyeonho Yoon ◽  
Jong-Bum You ◽  
Minchul Kim ◽  
Hyo-Hoon Park
Keyword(s):  
Phased Array ◽  
Beam Steering ◽  
Side Lobe ◽  
Phase Shifters ◽  
Wide Angle ◽  
Half Wavelength ◽  
Electro Optic ◽  
Optical Phased Array ◽  
Diffraction Patterns ◽  
Silicon Based

We demonstrate wide-angle beam-steering using an optical phased array (OPA) with waveguide radiators designed with non-uniform widths to reduce the crosstalk between waveguides. The OPA consists of a silicon based 1 × 16 array of electro-optic phase shifters and end-fire radiators. The 16 radiators were configured with four different widths and a half-wavelength spacing, which can remove the higher-order diffraction patterns in free space. The waveguides showed a low crosstalk of −10.2 dB at a wavelength of 1540 nm. With phase control, the OPA achieved wide beam-steering of over ±80° with a side-lobe suppression of 7.4 dB.

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