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 …

The ability to control and steer optical beams is critical for emerging technologies. Among
these are light detection and ranging (LiDAR), laser display, free space communication, and …

Optical phased arrays (OPAs) are promising beam-steering devices for various applications
such as light detection and ranging, optical projection, free-space optical communication …

We present an experimental demonstration of an optical phased array implementation on
silicon nanomembrane. The integrated on-chip array configuration is non-uniform and …

High-density low-crosstalk waveguide superlattices can potentially help shrink the pitch of
an optical phased array to half-wavelength, which may lead to superior beam …

A novel optical antenna for optical phased arrays is proposed and simulated. A high-contrast
grating structure is used to achieve extremely efficient emission. The emission efficiency is …

To effectively improve the far-field scanning range of an optical phased array (OPA), we
propose a genetic algorithm using double fitness functions to optimize the array element …

We present the corrugated waveguide as a free space grating coupler for use in optical
phased arrays for large angle optical beam steering. Compared with conventional shallow …

Light detection and ranging (LiDAR), combining traditional radar technology with modern
laser technology, has much potential for applications in navigation, mapping, and so on …

Optical phased arrays are of strong interest for beam steering in telecom and LIDAR
applications. A phased array ideally requires that the field produced by each element in the …