Independent dual beams generated by array element division in integrated optical phased arrays

Guihan Wu; Yu Xin; Lemeng Leng; Xiang Ji; Shichong Yang; Kaifei Tang; Quan Luo; Hongsheng Luo; Jinshan Su; Wei Jiang

doi:10.3788/COL202422.071301

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 7, 071301(2024)

Independent dual beams generated by array element division in integrated optical phased arrays Editors' Pick

Guihan Wu^1,2,3,4, Yu Xin^1,2,3,4, Lemeng Leng^1,2,3,4, Xiang Ji^1,2,3,4, Shichong Yang^1,2,3,4, Kaifei Tang^1,2,3,4, Quan Luo⁵, Hongsheng Luo⁵, Jinshan Su⁵, and Wei Jiang^1,2,3,4、*

Author Affiliations

¹College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China

²National Laboratory of Solid-State Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China

³Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China

⁴Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China

⁵Key Laboratory of Vibration Signal Capture and Intelligent Processing, Yili Normal University, Ili 835000, China

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Guihan Wu, Yu Xin, Lemeng Leng, Xiang Ji, Shichong Yang, Kaifei Tang, Quan Luo, Hongsheng Luo, Jinshan Su, Wei Jiang, "Independent dual beams generated by array element division in integrated optical phased arrays," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 071301 (2024)

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