Incoherent light imaging using an optical phased array
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Author(s) • • • • • • • • •
Clevenson, Hannah A
Spector, Steven J
Benney, Lucas
Moebius, Michael G
Brown, Julian
Hare, Alva
Huang, Alex
Mlynarczyk, Jacqueline
Poulton, Christopher V
Hosseini, Ehsan
Date Issued
January 22, 2020
Journal
Applied Physics Letters
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AIP Publishing
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Hannah A. Clevenson, Steven J. Spector, Lucas Benney, Michael G. Moebius, Julian Brown, Alva Hare, Alex Huang, Jacqueline Mlynarczyk, Christopher V. Poulton, Ehsan Hosseini, Michael R. Watts, Robin Dawson, J. P. Laine, Benjamin F. Lane; Incoherent light imaging using an optical phased array. Appl. Phys. Lett. 21 January 2020; 116 (3): 031105.
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Recent advances in silicon photonics have enabled large-scale optical phased arrays for applications such as beam steering and directional light detection. However, to date, these results have only been applied to coherent light. Many applications, including passive imaging with natural illumination, require operation using incoherent and/or broadband light. Here, we implement an optical phased array designed for these applications using a planar, fractal, path length-matching architecture known as an “H-tree.” We demonstrate electronic beamsteering and natural light imaging using this flat, broadband, photonic-integrated device.
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Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5130697