Beam Steering Technology of Optical Phased Array Based on Silicon Photonic Integrated Chip

Abstract

Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) is widely used in scenarios such as autonomous driving, imaging, remote sensing surveying, and space communication due to its advantages of high ranging accuracy and large scanning angle. Optical phased array (OPA) has been studied as an important solution for achieving all-solid-state scanning. In this work, the recent research progress in improving the beam steering performance of the OPA based on silicon photonic integrated chips was reviewed. An optimization scheme for aperiodic OPA is proposed.

Keywords

• beam steering
• optical phased array
• silicon photonics
• divergence angle
• scanning range