Review of microlens array optical phased array beam scanning technique

Yang Xu; Geng Chao; Li Xiaoyang; Li Feng; Jiang Jiali; Li Bincheng; Li Xinyang

doi:10.11884/HPLPB202133.210075

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Yang Xu, Geng Chao, Li Xiaoyang, et al. Review of microlens array optical phased array beam scanning technique[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2021, 33: 081005. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202133.210075

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Yang Xu, Geng Chao, Li Xiaoyang, et al. Review of microlens array optical phased array beam scanning technique[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2021, 33: 081005. doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202133.210075

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Review of microlens array optical phased array beam scanning technique

doi: 10.11884/HPLPB202133.210075

Yang Xu^{1, 2, 3, 4
,},
Geng Chao^{1, 3},
Li Xiaoyang^{1, 2, 3, 4},
Li Feng^{1, 3},
Jiang Jiali^{1, 3},
Li Bincheng²,
Li Xinyang^{1, 3
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,}

1.
Key Laboratory of Adaptive Optics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
2.
School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
3.
Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610209, China
4.
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Received Date: 2021-03-10
Rev Recd Date: 2021-04-23

Available Online: 2021-05-19

Publish Date: 2021-08-15

Abstract

Abstract

Beam scanning technology based on optical phased arrays has great potential for applications in the fields of LIDAR, space optical communication, and optical switching. Among them, the microlens array optical phased array can modulate the tilted phase of multiple beams simultaneously through the relative displacement of micrometer scale between microlens arrays, so as to achieve large angle beam scanning, with the advantages of large emitting aperture, simple structure, small size, micro-inertia, etc. Several well-known institutions at home and abroad have conducted research on the microlens array optical phased array. This paper first introduces the scanning principle of microlens array optical phased array, then elaborates on its development status and application, and finally gives an outlook on the trend of its development.
- beam scanning,
- optical phased array,
- microlens array,
- discrete addressing,
- continue addressing

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