Long-range LiDAR and free-space data communication with high-performance optical phased arrays

CV Poulton, MJ Byrd, P Russo… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present high-performance integrated optical phased arrays along with first-of-their-kind
light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and free-space data communication demonstrators …

Coherent LiDAR with an 8,192-element optical phased array and driving laser

CV Poulton, MJ Byrd, P Russo, B Moss… - IEEE journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present recent advancements of optical phased array LiDAR with record-performance
system demonstrations. First, we give an overview of the technology and how it combines …

Coherent solid-state LIDAR with silicon photonic optical phased arrays

CV Poulton, A Yaacobi, DB Cole, MJ Byrd, M Raval… - Optics letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We present, to the best of our knowledge, the first demonstration of coherent solid-state light
detection and ranging (LIDAR) using optical phased arrays in a silicon photonics platform …

Large-scale optical phased array using a low-power multi-pass silicon photonic platform

SA Miller, YC Chang, CT Phare, MC Shin, M Zadka… - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Optical phased arrays are a promising beam-steering technology for ultra-small solid-state
lidar and free-space communication systems. Long-range, high-performance arrays require …

Serpentine optical phased arrays for scalable integrated photonic lidar beam steering

N Dostart, B Zhang, A Khilo, M Brand, K Al Qubaisi… - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Optical phased arrays (OPAs) implemented in integrated photonic circuits could enable a
variety of 3D sensing, imaging, illumination, and ranging applications, and their …

Integrated phased array for wide-angle beam steering

A Yaacobi, J Sun, M Moresco, G Leake, D Coolbaugh… - Optics letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an on-chip optical phased array fabricated in a CMOS compatible process
with continuous, fast (100 kHz), wide-angle (51°) beam-steering suitable for applications …

N× N optical phased array with 2N phase shifters

F Ashtiani, F Aflatouni - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Two-dimensional (2-D) integrated optical phased arrays (OPA) have many applications from
optical imaging to LiDAR. Conventionally, 2-D beam-steering in an N× N OPA requires N^ 2 …

Highly integrated optical phased arrays: photonic integrated circuits for optical beam shaping and beam steering

MJR Heck - Nanophotonics, 2017 - degruyter.com
Technologies for efficient generation and fast scanning of narrow free-space laser beams
find major applications in three-dimensional (3D) imaging and mapping, like Lidar for …

512-element actively steered silicon phased array for low-power LIDAR

SA Miller, CT Phare, YC Chang, X Ji… - CLEO: Science and …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
512-Element Actively Steered Silicon Phased Array for Low- Power LIDAR Page 1 JTh5C.2.pdf
CLEO 2018 © OSA 2018 512-Element Actively Steered Silicon Phased Array for LowPower …

End-fire silicon optical phased array with half-wavelength spacing

MR Kossey, C Rizk, AC Foster - APL Photonics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
A multitude of applications depend on the ability to quickly and accurately steer a laser
beam, ranging from fiber endoscopes in biological imaging to light detection and ranging …