High speed, high power one-dimensional beam steering from a 6-element optical phased array

doi:10.1364/OE.20.017311

High speed, high power one-dimensional beam steering from a 6-element optical phased array

W. Ronny Huang, Juan Montoya, Jan E. Kansky, Shawn M. Redmond, George W. Turner, and Antonio Sanchez-Rubio »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 16, pp. 17311-17318 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.017311

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Beam steering at high speed and high power is demonstrated from a 6-element optical phased array using coherent beam combining (CBC) techniques. The steering speed, defined as the inverse of the time to required to sweep the beam across the steering range, is 40 MHz and the total power is 396 mW. The measured central lobe FWHM width is 565 μrad. High on-axis intensity is maintained periodically by phase-locking the array via a stochastic-parallel-gradient-descent (SPGD) algorithm. A master-oscillator-power-amplifier (MOPA) configuration is used where the amplifier array elements are semiconductor slab-coupled-optical-waveguide-amplifiers (SCOWAs). The beam steering is achieved by LiNbO₃ phase modulators; the phase-locking occurs by current adjustment of the SCOWAs. The system can be readily scaled to GHz steering speed and multiwatt-class output.

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(140.2010) Lasers and laser optics : Diode laser arrays
(140.3298) Lasers and laser optics : Laser beam combining

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Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: May 1, 2012
Revised Manuscript: June 8, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: June 12, 2012
Published: July 16, 2012

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W. Ronny Huang, Juan Montoya, Jan E. Kansky, Shawn M. Redmond, George W. Turner, and Antonio Sanchez-Rubio, "High speed, high power one-dimensional beam steering from a 6-element optical phased array," Opt. Express 20, 17311-17318 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-16-17311

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P. F. McManamon, P. J. Bos, M. J. Escuti, J. Heikenfeld, S. Serati, H. Xie, and E. A. Watson, “A review of phased array steering for narrow-band electrooptical systems,” Proc. IEEE97, 1078–1096 (2009). [CrossRef]
D. Kwong, A. Hosseini, Y. Zhang, and R. T. Chen, “Unequally spaced waveguide array for actively tuned optical phased array on a silicon nanomembrane,” Appl. Phys. Lett.99, 051104 (2011). [CrossRef]
K. Van Acoleyen, H. Rogier, and R. Baets, “Two-dimensional optical phased array antenna on silicon-on-insulator,” Opt. Express18, 13655–13660 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
K. Van Acoleyen, W. Bogaerts, and R. Baets, “Two-dimensional dispersive on-chip beam scanner fabricated on silicon-on-insulator,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.23, 1270–1272 (2011). [CrossRef]
J. K. Doylend, M. J. R. Heck, J. T. Bovington, J. D. Peters, L. A. Coldren, and J. E. Bowers, “Two-dimensional free-space beam steering with an optical phased array on silicon-on-insulator,” Opt. Express19, 21595–21604 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
Y. Vilenchik, B. I. Erkmen, N. Satyan, A. Yariv, W. H. Farr, and J. M. Choi, “Optical phase lock loop based phased array transmitter for optical communications,” The Interplanetary Network Progress Report 42–184, C (2011).
M. Jarrahi, R. Fabian, W. Pease, D. A. B. Miller, and T. H. Lee, “High-speed optical beam-steering based on phase-arrayed waveguides,” Am. Vac. Soc.26, 2124–2126 (2008). [CrossRef]
J. P. Donnelly, R. K. Huang, J. N. Walpole, L. J. Missaggia, C. T. Harris, J. J. Plant, R. J. Bailey, D. E. Mull, W. D. Goodhue, and G. W. Turner, “AlGaAs-InGaAs slab-coupled optical waveguide lasers,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron.39, 289–298 (2003). [CrossRef]
M. A. Vorontsov and V. P. Sivokon, “Stochastic parallel-gradient-descent technique for high-resolution wavefront phase-distortion correction,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A15, 2745–2758 (1998). [CrossRef]
J. E. Kansky, C. X. Yu, D. V. Murphy, S. E. J. Shaw, R. C. Lawrence, and C. Higgs, “Uncooperative target-in-the-loop performance with backscattered speckle-field effects,” Proc. SPIE6306, 63060G (2007). [CrossRef]
T. Y. Fan, “The effect of amplitude (power) variations on beam combining efficiency for phased arrays,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.15, 291–293 (2009). [CrossRef]

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[1] P. F. McManamon, P. J. Bos, M. J. Escuti, J. Heikenfeld, S. Serati, H. Xie, and E. A. Watson, “A review of phased array steering for narrow-band electrooptical systems,” Proc. IEEE97, 1078–1096 (2009). [CrossRef]

[2] D. Kwong, A. Hosseini, Y. Zhang, and R. T. Chen, “Unequally spaced waveguide array for actively tuned optical phased array on a silicon nanomembrane,” Appl. Phys. Lett.99, 051104 (2011). [CrossRef]

[3] K. Van Acoleyen, H. Rogier, and R. Baets, “Two-dimensional optical phased array antenna on silicon-on-insulator,” Opt. Express18, 13655–13660 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] K. Van Acoleyen, W. Bogaerts, and R. Baets, “Two-dimensional dispersive on-chip beam scanner fabricated on silicon-on-insulator,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.23, 1270–1272 (2011). [CrossRef]

[5] J. K. Doylend, M. J. R. Heck, J. T. Bovington, J. D. Peters, L. A. Coldren, and J. E. Bowers, “Two-dimensional free-space beam steering with an optical phased array on silicon-on-insulator,” Opt. Express19, 21595–21604 (2011). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] Y. Vilenchik, B. I. Erkmen, N. Satyan, A. Yariv, W. H. Farr, and J. M. Choi, “Optical phase lock loop based phased array transmitter for optical communications,” The Interplanetary Network Progress Report 42–184, C (2011).

[7] M. Jarrahi, R. Fabian, W. Pease, D. A. B. Miller, and T. H. Lee, “High-speed optical beam-steering based on phase-arrayed waveguides,” Am. Vac. Soc.26, 2124–2126 (2008). [CrossRef]

[8] J. P. Donnelly, R. K. Huang, J. N. Walpole, L. J. Missaggia, C. T. Harris, J. J. Plant, R. J. Bailey, D. E. Mull, W. D. Goodhue, and G. W. Turner, “AlGaAs-InGaAs slab-coupled optical waveguide lasers,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron.39, 289–298 (2003). [CrossRef]

[9] M. A. Vorontsov and V. P. Sivokon, “Stochastic parallel-gradient-descent technique for high-resolution wavefront phase-distortion correction,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A15, 2745–2758 (1998). [CrossRef]

[10] J. E. Kansky, C. X. Yu, D. V. Murphy, S. E. J. Shaw, R. C. Lawrence, and C. Higgs, “Uncooperative target-in-the-loop performance with backscattered speckle-field effects,” Proc. SPIE6306, 63060G (2007). [CrossRef]

[11] T. Y. Fan, “The effect of amplitude (power) variations on beam combining efficiency for phased arrays,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.15, 291–293 (2009). [CrossRef]

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