Laser-phased-array beam steering controlled by lithium niobate waveguides

Dengcai Yang, Zuoyun Yang, Dayong Wang
2013 Optical Engineering: The Journal of SPIE  
A laser steering system based on the Ti-diffusion lithium niobate (LiNbO 3 ) waveguides is presented. A phase shifter based on the LiNbO 3 waveguide is designed. This waveguide can provide a continuous phase shift for laser-phased-array (LPA) by changing the voltage loaded on it. The theory of irregular LPA based on the Ti-diffusion LiNbO 3 waveguide phase shifter is studied numerically and experimentally. Beam steering with an angle of 1.37 deg is gained by a 1 × 3 array setup that agrees well with the theory.
doi:10.1117/1.oe.53.6.061605 fatcat:h5t7oa6utvb67o26bvbexrefde