Title :
Giant and high-resolution beam-steering from slow light amplifier with Bragg reflector waveguide
Author :
Gu, Xiaodong ; Shimada, Toshikazu ; Koyama, Fumio
Author_Institution :
Precision & Intell. Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
We show giant beam-steering from a slow-light waveguide amplifier with wavelength-tuning of input light. A tunable deflection-angle can be over 40 degrees. Flat intensity-distribution in a long-amplifier enables an ultra-large number of resolution-points over 4,000.
Keywords :
amplifiers; beam steering; distributed Bragg reflectors; laser tuning; slow light; waveguide lasers; Bragg reflector waveguide; flat intensity distribution; giant beam-steering; high-resolution beam-steering; resolution-points; slow-light waveguide amplifier; tunable deflection-angle; wavelength tuning; Beam steering; Couplings; Photonics; Slow light; System-on-a-chip; Tuning; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194016
