Unequally spaced waveguide arrays for silicon nanomembrane-based efficient large angle optical beam steering

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1439-1446

  Hosseini, Amir ^a   Kwong, David ^a   Zhao, Yang ^a   Chen, Yun Sheng ^a   Crnogorac, Filip ^b   Pease, R Fabian W ^b   Chen, Ray T ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser beam steering; Optical phased array; Silicon; Waveguide arrays

Indexed keywords

ARRAY ELEMENTS; ARRAY PERFORMANCE; AT-WAVELENGTH; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; LASER BEAM STEERING; NANOMEMBRANES; OPTICAL BEAM SCANNING; OPTICAL BEAM STEERING; OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY; OPTICAL PHASED ARRAYS; PHASED ARRAYS; POWER EFFICIENCY; SIDELOBE LEVELS; SINGLE MODE OPERATION; WAVEGUIDE ARRAY; WAVEGUIDE ARRAYS;

DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT MODULATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL DEVICES;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 70350198062     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2021956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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