Optical Technique, Volume. 51, Issue 3, 257(2025)

Optimization of optical phased array arrays based on particle swarm optimization

WEI Tianhao1,2,3, ZHAO Di2, YAN Kun1, and XUAN Hongwen1,2,3、*
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  • 1Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
  • 2GBA branch of Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510530, China
  • 3School of Electronic, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Optical phased arrays, as an advanced beam control technology, have wide applications in fields such as optical communication, imaging systems, and radar systems. However, due to hardware errors and environmental interference, phase errors in optical phased array systems can lead to beam pointing deviation, increased spot divergence angle, and higher sidelobe energy, thereby affecting system performance. To address this issue, this study proposes a phase error compensation method based on Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), optimizing the phase distribution of the array to improve beam focus and reduce sidelobe energy. To verify the performance of the algorithm, a one-dimensional 128-channel optical phased array simulation model is constructed, and beam optimization under different spot size constraints is simulated and compared with the gradient descent method. The experimental results show that the PSO algorithm effectively improves the main lobe energy concentration and suppresses sidelobe energy. Compared with traditional optimization methods, PSO demonstrates stronger adaptability in high-precision requirements and complex array scales.

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    Received: Feb. 17, 2025

    Accepted: May. 29, 2025

    Published Online: May. 29, 2025

    The Author Email: XUAN Hongwen (xuanhw@aircas.ac.cn)

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