Off-chip beam steering with a one-dimensional optical phased array on silicon-on-insulator.
Optical phased arrays are versatile components enabling rapid and precise beam steering. An integrated approach is followed in which a 1D optical phased array is fabricated on silicon-on-insulator. The optical phased array consists of 16 parallel grating couplers spaced 2 mum apart. Steering in one direction is done thermo-optically by means of a titanium electrode on top of the structure using the phased array principle, while steering in the other direction is accomplished by wavelength tuning. At a wavelength of 1550 nm, continuous thermo-optical steering of 2.3 degrees and wavelength steering of 14.1 degrees is reported.
Photonics Research Group, Ghent University-Interuniversity MicroElectronics Center, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. karel.vanacoleyen@intec.ugent.be
Karel
K
Van Acoleyen
Wim
W
Bogaerts
Jana
J
Jágerská
Nicolas
N
Le Thomas
Romuald
R
Houdré
Roel
R
Baets