Liquid-cladded optical phased array for a single-wavelength beam steering.
Opt Lett
; 46(19): 4948-4951, 2021 Oct 01.
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ABSTRACT
We report a simple concept to implement a single-wavelength beam steering based on a liquid-cladded one-dimensional (1D) optical phased array (OPA). The beam steering was realized by modifying the waveguide mode effective index through replacing the liquid upper claddings. A prototype of a 32-channel liquid-cladded OPA was fabricated and characterized. Owing to the high refractive index range of liquids (>0.625), a maximum steering angle of >10∘ was achieved with the liquid range from 1.0 to 1.63 at a wavelength of 940 nm. Moreover, the liquid-cladded OPA reveals a quasi-continuous beam steering range of >29∘ by combining the liquid cladding tuning and discrete wavelength tuning of λ=785nm, 852 nm, and 940 nm. Further integration with optofluidic systems offers the OPA potential for low power consumption and all-fluidic beam steering operating at a single wavelength.
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