Dually modulated photonic crystals enabling high-power high-beam-quality two-dimensional beam scanning lasers

Ryoichi Sakata; Kenji Ishizaki; Menaka De Zoysa; Shin Fukuhara; Takuya Inoue; Yoshinori Tanaka; Kintaro Iwata; Ranko Hatsuda; Masahiro Yoshida; John Gelleta; Susumu Noda

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17092-w

Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Dually modulated photonic crystals enabling high-power high-beam-quality two-dimensional beam scanning lasers

Ryoichi Sakata,
Kenji Ishizaki,
Menaka De Zoysa,
Shin Fukuhara,
Takuya Inoue,
Yoshinori Tanaka,
Kintaro Iwata,
Ranko Hatsuda,
Masahiro Yoshida,
John Gelleta,
Susumu Noda

Affiliations

Ryoichi Sakata: Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University
Kenji Ishizaki: Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University
Menaka De Zoysa: Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University
Shin Fukuhara: Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University
Takuya Inoue: Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University
Yoshinori Tanaka: Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University
Kintaro Iwata: Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University
Ranko Hatsuda: Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University
Masahiro Yoshida: Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University
John Gelleta: Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University
Susumu Noda: Department of Electronic Science and Engineering, Kyoto University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17092-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Beam scanning lasers are required for systems for smart mobility, object recognition, and adaptive illuminations. The authors demonstrate dually modulated photonic crystals, wherein the positions and sizes of the photonic-crystal lattice points are modulated simultaneously, to achieve mechanical-free, 2D beam scanning.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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