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Integrated Optical Phased Array Based Large Angle Beam Steering System Fabricated on Silicon-on-Insulator David Kwong*a, Yang Zhanga, Amir Hosseinia, Ray T. Chena Microelectronics Research Center, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department The University of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd, Bldg. 160, Austin, TX 78758
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ABSTRACT In this paper, we present a highly compact silicon nano-membrane based optical phased array fabricated using conventional CMOS processing on silicon-on-insulator that provides for over 10 degrees of beam steering in a silicon slab at λ=1.55µm using transverse-electrical polarized light. A low loss 1-to-12 multi-mode interference (MMI) optical beam splitter with high uniformity is used to provide inputs to the optical phased array. Using an unequally spaced waveguide array permits us to relax the half-wavelength spacing requirement for large angle beam steering, thereby avoiding the optical coupling between adjacent waveguides and reducing the side-lobe-level of the array radiation pattern. S-bend waveguides convert the equally spaced MMI output to the unequally spaced wave guide array, while passively equalizing the phases of each array element to compensate for the MMI output phase profile. Independently controllable thin film metal heaters are used to achieve phase shifting using the strong thermo-optic response of silicon. Heat-insulating air grooves minimize thermal crosstalk, while also achieving and low power consumption. Keywords: Beam steering, optical phased array, silicon-on-insulator, thermo-optic
1. INTRODUCTION Optical phased arrays (OPAs) represent an enabling technology that makes possible simple, faster, and lightweight laser beam steering with precise stabilization, random access pointing and programmable multiple simultaneous beams. Mechanical beam steering systems can provide high steering efficiency and large steering angle, but high precision rotating states are required, which makes packaging challenging as well as increase device complexity. In addition, these mechanically steered beams are not potentially fast enough for high-speed applications. Liquid crystal (LC) based OPAs [1] [2] [3] provide rapid beam steering without expensive and complex mechanical systems. However, LC OPAs suffer from low steering speed (~10ms) and limited steering angle (
