• DocumentCode
    577920
  • Title

    On-chip electro-thermal beam steering based on slow-light Bragg reflector waveguide laterally integrated with VCSEL

  • Author

    Shimada, Toshikazu ; Matsutani, Akihiro ; Koyama, Fumio

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Integration Syst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    244
  • Lastpage
    245
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate on-chip beam steering based on a slow-light Bragg reflector waveguide laterally integrated with VCSEL. Electro-thermal tuning of the slow-light waveguide enables continuous beam steering over 9° with a diffraction-limited divergence angle of 2.2°.
  • Keywords
    beam steering; diffraction gratings; laser tuning; optical waveguides; slow light; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; continuous beam steering; diffraction-limited divergence angle; electro-thermal tuning; on-chip electro-thermal beam steering; slow-light Bragg reflector waveguide; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Optical device fabrication; Optical diffraction; Oxidation; Photonics; Stimulated emission; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358583
  • Filename
    6358583
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=577920