Light detection and ranging (lidar) is widely accepted as an indispensable sensor for
autonomous vehicles. There are two fundamental challenges in a lidar system: optical beam …

Optical phased array has become a potentially critical component for beam scanner
benefiting from its advantages in cost, mass production, integration, stability and scanning …

In this paper, we propose and experiment with a dual-functional system that can
simultaneously implement vector signal generation and radar detection based on frequency …

High-speed and robust optical beam-steering device will be the key component for various
applications, such as LiDAR (light detection and ranging) and free-space optical …

Although Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs) generally provide adequate
accuracy for outdoor localization, this is not the case for indoor environments, due to signal …

We present a multi-beam optical fiber phased array (OPA) with simultaneous light detection
and ranging (LiDAR) and free-space optical communication (FSO) data transmission …

The ability of photonic crystal waveguides (PCWs) to confine and slow down light makes
them an ideal component to enhance the performance of various photonic devices, such as …

An advanced CMOS-compatible 300--wafer silicon-photonics platform is introduced that
consists of a silicon layer with eight doping masks, two silicon-nitride layers, three metal and …

An optical phased array (OPA) with 2-D circular sparse array aperture has been proposed
and demonstrated in the silicon integrated photonic platform. The sparse distribution of the …

As optical phased arrays (OPAs), used as solid-state beam scanning elements, swiftly stride
towards higher efficiency and faster scanning speed, the line beam scanner is emerging as …