Free-space beam shaping and steering based on a silicon optical phased array

Wenbo Ren; Qingqing Liang; Jijun Feng; Haipeng Liu; Jianhua Hu; Shuo Yuan; Xincheng Xia; Wei Jiang; Qiwen Zhan; Heping Zeng

doi:10.1364/PRJ.494546

Photonics Research, Volume. 11, Issue 12, 2093(2023)

Free-space beam shaping and steering based on a silicon optical phased array

Wenbo Ren^1、†, Qingqing Liang^1、†, Jijun Feng^1,2、*, Haipeng Liu¹, Jianhua Hu¹, Shuo Yuan¹, Xincheng Xia¹, Wei Jiang¹, Qiwen Zhan^1,4, and Heping Zeng^2,3

Author Affiliations

¹Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Optical System, Engineering Research Center of Optical Instrument and System (Ministry of Education), School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China

²Chongqing Key Laboratory of Precision Optics, Chongqing Institute of East China Normal University, Chongqing 401120, China

³State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China

⁴e-mail: qwzhan@usst.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Integrated Optics

Received: May. 2, 2023

Accepted: Sep. 30, 2023

Published Online: Nov. 24, 2023

The Author Email: Jijun Feng (fjijun@usst.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.494546

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