Broadband Imaging and Wireless Communication with an Optical Phased Array
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Spector, S. J.; Lane, B. F.; Watts, M. R.; Benney, L. D.; Delva, J. G.; Hare, A. E.; Kelsey, A. F.; Mlynarczyk, J. M.; Hosseini, E. S.; Poulton, C. V.; Laine, J. P.
- Source
- 2018 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2018 Conference on. :1-2 May, 2018
- Subject
- General Topics for Engineers
Photonics and Electrooptics
Phased arrays
Optical fiber communication
Arrayed waveguide gratings
Broadband antennas
Optical imaging
Optical attenuators
- Language
An optical phased array designed for broadband applications has been demonstrated. Using this architecture, imaging under natural light conditions and free space optical communications at a data rate of 10 Gbps have been achieved.