Title :
Control of the radiation of a silicon-based optical leaky wave antenna through optical pumping
Author :
Campione, Salvatore ; Song, Qi ; Guclu, Caner ; Boyraz, Ozdal ; Capolino, Filippo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Abstract :
We propose the control of the radiation of an optical leaky wave antenna through optical pumping schemes. A bi-directional pumping is eventually adopted, and the tunability of the radiation is observed.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; leaky wave antennas; optical control; optical pumping; optical tuning; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; bidirectional pumping; optical pumping; optical tunability; radiation control; silicon-based optical leaky wave antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Bidirectional control; Optical imaging; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110697
