Two-Dimensional Optical Beam Steering With InP-Based Photonic Integrated Circuits

Author

Weihua Guo ; Binetti, P.R.A. ; Althouse, C. ; Masanovic, Milan L. ; Ambrosius, H.P.M.M. ; Johansson, Leif A. ; Coldren, Larry A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

19

Issue

4

fYear

2013

fDate

July-Aug. 2013

Firstpage

6100212

Lastpage

6100212

Abstract

Two-dimensional optical beam steering using an InP photonic integrated circuit has been demonstrated. Lateral beam steering controlled by a 1-D phased array has been made easier through on-chip interferometer monitors. Longitudinal beam steering controlled by the input wavelength has demonstrated an efficiency of 0.14 °/nm. Very fast beam steering (>10⁷ °/s) in both dimensions has been demonstrated as well. As the latest development, a widely tunable sampled-grating distributed Bragg reflector laser has been monolithically integrated and 2-D beam steering has been demonstrated with this on-chip tunable laser source.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; beam steering; diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; indium compounds; integrated optics; laser beams; laser tuning; optical arrays; semiconductor lasers; 1-D phased array; InP; on-chip interferometer monitors; on-chip tunable laser source; photonic integrated circuits; tunable sampled-grating distributed Bragg reflector laser; two-dimensional optical beam steering; Arrays; Beam steering; Indium phosphide; Monitoring; Optical beams; Optical waveguides; Phase shifters; Light detection and ranging (LIDAR); optical beam steering; optical phased array (OPA); photonic integrated circuits (PICs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2238218

Filename

6407678