A review and perspective on optical phased array for automotive LiDAR

CP Hsu, B Li, B Solano-Rivas, AR Gohil… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper aims to review the state of the art of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)
sensors for automotive applications, and particularly for automated vehicles, focusing on …

Integrated optical phased arrays for beam forming and steering

Y Guo, Y Guo, C Li, H Zhang, X Zhou, L Zhang - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Integrated optical phased arrays can be used for beam shaping and steering with a small
footprint, lightweight, high mechanical stability, low price, and high-yield, benefiting from the …

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 …

Sub-wavelength-pitch silicon-photonic optical phased array for large field-of-regard coherent optical beam steering

Y Zhang, YC Ling, K Zhang, C Gentry, D Sadighi… - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
This paper reports on large field-of-regard, high-efficiency, and large aperture active optical
phased arrays (OPAs) for optical beam steering in LIDAR systems. The fabricated 5 mm …

A single-chip optical phased array in a wafer-scale silicon photonics/CMOS 3D-integration platform

T Kim, P Bhargava, CV Poulton… - IEEE Journal of solid …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the growing demand for automotive LiDAR and the maturation of silicon photonics
platforms, optical phased arrays (OPAs) have emerged as a key technology for solid-state …

Wide-steering-angle high-resolution optical phased array

Y Li, B Chen, Q Na, Q Xie, M Tao, L Zhang, Z Zhi… - Photonics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Optical phased array (OPA) technology is considered a promising solution for solid-state
beam steering to supersede the traditional mechanical beam steering. As a key component …

Heterogeneous silicon photonics sensing for autonomous cars

W Xie, T Komljenovic, J Huang, M Tran… - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Heterogeneous silicon photonics is uniquely positioned to address the photonic sensing
needs of upcoming autonomous cars and provide the necessary cost reduction for …

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 …

Large-scale and broadband silicon nitride optical phased arrays

C Sun, B Li, W Shi, J Lin, N Ding… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Large-scale one-dimensional (1D) waveguide surface grating arrays enable smaller
antenna pitches and larger apertures for the OPAs. However, broad wavelength tuning is …

Design and fabrication of a SiN-Si dual-layer optical phased array chip

P Wang, G Luo, Y Xu, Y Li, Y Su, J Ma, R Wang… - photonics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
A SiN-Si dual-layer optical phased array (OPA) chip is designed and fabricated. It combines
the low loss of SiN with the excellent modulation performance of Si, which improves the …