Title :
Narrow beam radiation from a CMOS compatible leaky wave optical antenna
Author :
Song, Qi ; Boyraz, Ozdal ; Capolino, Filippo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Irvine, CA, USA
Abstract :
CMOS compatible leaky wave optical antennas are proposed and analyzed for electronically controlled radiation pattern generation. Very directive far field radiation pattern (>15dB) is generated from a Si3N4 leaky wave antenna with silicon periodic perturbations.
Keywords :
Antenna radiation patterns; Directive antennas; Optical arrays; Optical attenuators; Optical control; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Phased arrays; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
