Title :
Design of a novel, cost-effective wide field-of-view surface-normal optical phased array
Author :
Subbaraman, Harish ; Hosseini, Amir ; Xu, Xiaochuan ; Zhang, Yang ; Chen, Ray T.
Author_Institution :
Omega Opt., Inc., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We propose a novel surface-normal slow-light photonic crystal waveguide optical phased array that can provide high speed (-MHz), wide angle (>;45degreex45degree) beam scanning capability, with a reduced fabrication effort.
Keywords :
optical fabrication; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; beam scanning; cost-effective wide field-of-view surface-normal optical phased array; surface-normal slow-light photonic crystal waveguide optical phased array; Arrays; Holographic optical components; Indexes; Laser beams; Optical beams; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
