title: Two-dimensional apodized silicon photonic phased arrays.
abstract: In this Letter, we demonstrate an 8×8 apodized silicon photonic phased array where the emission from each of 64 nanoantennas was tailored to exhibit Gaussian-shaped intensity distributions in the near field so that the sidelobes of the generated far-field optical beam were suppressed compared to that of a uniform phased array. With the aid of the 72 thermo-optic phase tuners directly integrated within the phased array, we dynamically shaped the generated optical beam in the far field in a variety of ways.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ehsan shah
authors.initials: Es
authors.lastname: Hosseini
authors.forename: Ami
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yaacobi
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leake
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coolbaugh
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Watts