PLANAR BEAM FORMING AND STEERING OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY CHIP AND METHOD OF USING SAME
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1. An optical-phased-array-based one-dimensional beam forming and steering photonic integrated circuit apparatus comprising:
- at least one optical power splitterat least one optical phase shifterat least one out-of-plane optical coupler laid out in a pixel array configuration
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Abstract
A one-dimensional planar beam forming and steering optical phased array chip is a simple building block of a two-dimensional beam forming and steering solid-state lidar, enabling manufacturing of said lidars at high yield and low cost through the use of a plurality of said chips. Innovative photonic integrated circuit chip architectures that follow design for manufacturing rules enable said building blocks.
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22 Claims
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1. An optical-phased-array-based one-dimensional beam forming and steering photonic integrated circuit apparatus comprising:
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at least one optical power splitter at least one optical phase shifter at least one out-of-plane optical coupler laid out in a pixel array configuration - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for optical-phased-array-based one-dimensional beam forming and steering utilizing a photonic integrated circuit apparatus comprising:
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at least one optical power splitter at least one optical phase shifter at least one out-of-plane optical coupler laid out in a pixel array configuration - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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