Title :
End-fire silicon waveguide array as a platform for high power beam shaping and steering
Author :
Kossey, Michael R. ; Rizk, Charbel ; Foster, Amy C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a scalable array of end-firing silicon waveguides as a platform for high-speed, high-power operation beam-steering applications. We fabricate devices, culminating in 16×1 arrays with a measured central lobe FWHM of 7°±0.6°.
Keywords :
beam steering; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical arrays; optical fabrication; optical pulse shaping; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; beam steering; end-fire silicon waveguide array; high power beam shaping; high-power operation; high-speed operation; scalable array; Arrays; Beam steering; Optical beams; Optical device fabrication; Optical imaging; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
