High-resolution aliasing-free optical beam steering
David N. Hutchison,Jie Sun,Jonathan K. Doylend,Ranjeet Kumar,John Heck,Woosung Kim,Christopher T. Phare,Avi Feshali,Haisheng Rong +8 more
- Vol. 3, Iss: 8, pp 887-890
TLDR
In this paper, a two-axis steerable optical phased array with over 500 resolvable spots and 80° steering in the phased array axis (measurement limited) and a record small divergence in both axes (0.14°).Abstract:
Many applications, including laser (LIDAR) mapping, free-space optical communications, and spatially resolved optical sensors, demand compact, robust solutions to steering an optical beam. Fine target addressability (high steering resolution) in these systems requires simultaneously achieving a wide steering angle and a small beam divergence, but this is difficult due to the fundamental trade-offs between resolution and steering range. So far, to our knowledge, chip-based two-axis optical phased arrays have achieved a resolution of no more than 23 resolvable spots in the phased-array axis. Here we report, using non-uniform emitter spacing on a large-scale emitter array, a dramatically higher-performance two-axis steerable optical phased array fabricated in a 300 mm CMOS facility with over 500 resolvable spots and 80° steering in the phased-array axis (measurement limited) and a record small divergence in both axes (0.14°). Including the demonstrated steering range in the other (wavelength-controlled) axis, this amounts to two-dimensional beam steering to more than 60,000 resolvable points.read more
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