Modern types of axicons: New functions and applications

SN Khonina, NL Kazanskiy, PA Khorin, MA Butt - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Axicon is a versatile optical element for forming a zero-order Bessel beam, including high-
power laser radiation schemes. Nevertheless, it has drawbacks such as the produced …

Integrated optical phased arrays for beam forming and steering

Y Guo, Y Guo, C Li, H Zhang, X Zhou, L Zhang - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Integrated optical phased arrays can be used for beam shaping and steering with a small
footprint, lightweight, high mechanical stability, low price, and high-yield, benefiting from the …

On-chip generation of Bessel–Gaussian beam via concentrically distributed grating arrays for long-range sensing

Z Zhi, Q Na, Q Xie, B Chen, Y Li, X Liu, X Li… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
Bessel beam featured with self-healing is essential to the optical sensing applications in the
obstacle scattering environment. Integrated on-chip generation of the Bessel beam …

Large-scale and broadband silicon nitride optical phased arrays

C Sun, B Li, W Shi, J Lin, N Ding… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Large-scale one-dimensional (1D) waveguide surface grating arrays enable smaller
antenna pitches and larger apertures for the OPAs. However, broad wavelength tuning is …

Silicon-photonics-enabled chip-based 3D printer

S Corsetti, M Notaros, T Sneh, A Stafford… - Light: Science & …, 2024 - nature.com
Imagine if it were possible to create 3D objects in the palm of your hand within seconds
using only a single photonic chip. Although 3D printing has revolutionized the way we create …

Free-space applications of silicon photonics: A review

CY Hsu, GZ Yiu, YC Chang - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Silicon photonics has recently expanded its applications to delivering free-space emissions
for detecting or manipulating external objects. The most notable example is the silicon …

Broadband silicon nitride nanophotonic phased arrays for wide-angle beam steering

H Wang, Z Chen, C Sun, S Deng, X Tang, L Zhang… - Optics Letters, 2021 - opg.optica.org
In this Letter, the broadband operation in wavelengths from 520 nm to 980 nm is
demonstrated on silicon nitride nanophotonic phased arrays. The widest beam steering …

Free-space beam shaping and steering based on a silicon optical phased array

W Ren, Q Liang, J Feng, H Liu, J Hu, S Yuan… - Photonics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
In this study, we present a method for free-space beam shaping and steering based on a
silicon optical phased array, which addresses the theoretical limitation of traditional bulk …

Integrated-phased-array-based visible-light near-eye holographic projector

J Notaros, M Raval, M Notaros… - 2019 Conference on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An integrated-phased-array-based visible-light holographic projector is proposed as a
scalable solution towards the next generation of augmented-reality head-mounted displays …

Near-field-focusing integrated optical phased arrays

J Notaros, CV Poulton, M Raval… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Integrated optical phased arrays that focus radiated light to a tightly-confined spot in the near
field are demonstrated for the first time. The element phase distributions necessary for …