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Fast Optical Phased Array Calibration Technique for Random Phase Modulation LiDAR
摘要： Optical phased array (OPA) imaging technique, which uses electro-optic modulation to achieve beam steering rather than mechanical scanning, is a raster scanning imaging method with great potential due to its non-inertia and high-speed. However, fabrication imperfection of an OPA causes pre-designed phase modulations not yielding desired steering angles, and a time-consuming calibration is usually required before practical use. Alternatively, it is possible to obtain images with a random phase modulation OPA. In this work, we propose a fast calibration for the random phase modulation OPA LiDAR. Experimental results demonstrate that, to obtain images of the same quality, the proposed calibration is 3 times faster than the calibration used in raster scanning scheme. In the meantime, the proposed calibration simultaneously retrieves the point spread function of the imaging system during the process, which can be used to remove the image blurring caused by the sidelobes and further improve the image quality.
关键词： calibration,Optical phased array,point spread function,random phase modulation
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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A Versatile Silicon-Silicon Nitride Photonics Platform for Enhanced Functionalities and Applications
摘要： Silicon photonics is one of the most prominent technology platforms for integrated photonics and can support a wide variety of applications. As we move towards a mature industrial core technology, we present the integration of silicon nitride (SiN) material to extend the capabilities of our silicon photonics platform. Depending on the application being targeted, we have developed several integration strategies for the incorporation of SiN. We present these processes, as well as key components for dedicated applications. In particular, we present the use of SiN for athermal multiplexing in optical transceivers for datacom applications, the nonlinear generation of frequency combs in SiN micro-resonators for ultra-high data rate transmission, spectroscopy or metrology applications and the use of SiN to realize optical phased arrays in the 800–1000 nm wavelength range for Light Detection And Ranging (LIDAR) applications. These functionalities are demonstrated using a 200 mm complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible pilot line, showing the versatility and scalability of the Si-SiN platform.
关键词： transceiver,silicon photonics,Kerr nonlinearity,optical phased array,Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM),multiplexing,LIDAR,silicon nitride,beam steering,frequency comb,grating coupler
更新于2025-09-23 15:22:29
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High-speed Optical-beam Scanning by an Optical Phased Array using Electro-optic Polymer Waveguides
摘要： Optical phased arrays (OPAs), which manipulate an optical beam by controlling the phase of light, are optical devices characterized by high speed, small size, light weight, and high reliability that make various applications possible. In this study, an eight-channel-waveguide OPA using an electro-optic (EO) polymer for phase control was fabricated. Very high-speed optical beam scanning with a frequency of 2 MHz was demonstrated by applying a driving waveform superimposing sinusoidal and rectangular-wave voltages. Furthermore, the EO polymer OPA can be operated with a low total-operation power consumption of 0.38 mW at a scanning speed of 500 kHz.
关键词： Optical phased array,electro-optic polymer,optical waveguides
更新于2025-09-23 15:21:01
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[IEEE 2019 IEEE 16th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP) - Singapore, Singapore (2019.8.28-2019.8.30)] 2019 IEEE 16th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP) - A Milimeter Scale Long Waveguide Grating Antanna with High Directionality for Optical Phased Array
摘要： We propose a highly directional millimeter-scale waveguide grating antenna (WGA). The directionality is close to 90% while the length of the WGA is longer than 4 mm. And the large critical dimension of this structure moderates the fabrication process.
关键词： optical phased array,high directionality,WGA
更新于2025-09-16 10:30:52
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[IEEE 2019 IEEE 16th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP) - Singapore, Singapore (2019.8.28-2019.8.30)] 2019 IEEE 16th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP) - A Milimeter Scale Long Waveguide Grating Antanna with High Directionality for Optical Phased Array
摘要： We propose a highly directional millimeter-scale waveguide grating antenna (WGA). The directionality is close to 90% while the length of the WGA is longer than 4 mm. And the large critical dimension of this structure moderates the fabrication process.
关键词： WGA,optical phased array,high directionality
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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Silicon-Based Optical Phased Array Using Electro-Optic p-i-n Phase Shifters
摘要： We present a 1×16 silicon optical phased array using electro-optic phase shifters to attain high-speed operation with low power consumption. The phase shifters are constructed using a p-i-n junction structure with the p- and n-doped regions formed on both sides of the i-region. The i-region width of the phase shifter is optimized considering the power consumption for phase-tuning and the propagation loss in the phase shifter. The fabricated p-i-n phase shifter exhibits a fast operating speed of 20 MHz and a low phase-tuning power of 1.7 mW/π. From a 1-D optical phased array integrated with 2-μm-pitch grating radiators, a wide beam-steering range of 45° is attained along the transversal direction at a 1.55 μm wavelength. Average power consumption for the beam-forming operation of the 1×16 OPA is measured to be 39.6 mW and the average transition time to steer the beam is 24 ns.
关键词： p-i-n phase shifter,Optical phased array,Electro-optic,Silicon photonics
更新于2025-09-12 10:27:22
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[IEEE 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) - Munich, Germany (2019.6.23-2019.6.27)] 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) - 360° on Chip Optical Beam Steering Based on Superposition of Planar Spiral Orbital Angular Momentum Waves
摘要： Optical beam steering has been pursued in the past decade, largely motivated by its potential applications including optical communication and laser radar systems. Optical phased array (OPA) is a promising beam steering method, which has the potential advantages of low cost, chip scale, high resolution, fast scanning [1]. However, a main problem with current OPAs is the limited scanning angle. Steering angle of OPAs based on out-of-plane emitting planar waveguide gratings is typically < 50 degrees. End-fire OPA has a larger steering angle but still will be restricted to <180 degrees due to its geometry [2]. Circular OPA can provide 360-degree beam steering [3-4], but the existing proposals require large number of control elements which makes it very hard to realize. We report a silicon based OPA which is built on our previous works on orbital angular momentum (OAM) [5-6]. The OPA consists of N concentric micro-ring OAM emitters that, when injected with a transverse magnetic (TM) polarized mode, are capable of emitting ‘sideways’ – a planar spiral orbital angular momentum (PS-OAM) beam whose phase fronts spiral outwards in the micro-ring plane with li number of arms, as given by the dipole model [7-9], by superposition of such PS-OAM waves or azimuthal Fourier harmonics, ∑Ni=1aiexp(jliφ)exp(jφi),. The superposition of such PS-OAM waves is capable of providing a practical realization of beamforming in radiofrequency and optical domain [7-9], by controlling their amplitude ai, phase φi, and topological charge li. A narrow beam can be rotated 360 degrees easily by adjusting the phase shifters, and with its 3 dB beamwidth decreases with higher number of PS-OAM modes.
关键词： Optical phased array,Orbital angular momentum,Optical beam steering,Silicon photonics
更新于2025-09-11 14:15:04