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Everything about Phased-array optics
Light wave manipulation
Phased-array optics is the technology of controlling the phase and amplitude of light waves transmitting, reflecting, or captured (received) by a two-dimensional surface using adjustable surface elements. An optical phased array (OPA) is the optical analog of a radio-wave phased array. By dynamically controlling the optical properties of a surface on a microscopic scale, it is possible to steer the direction of light beams, or the view direction of sensors, without any moving parts. Phased-array beam steering is used for optical switching and multiplexing in optoelectronic devices and for aiming laser beams on a macroscopic scale. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Phased-array opticsA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Coherent LiDAR With an 8,192-Element Optical Phased Array and Driving LaserInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: MMIC devices for active phased array antennasThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Optical phased array technologyCited 517 times
- Go sideways: Spatial light modulatorA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Digital holographyA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Optical phased array technology
Non-redundant optical phased array
High sensitivity active flat optics optical phased array receiver with a two-dimensional aperture
Experimental demonstration of conformal phased array antenna via transformation optics
Optical phased-array ladar
Waveguide-Based Optical Phased Array
Electrooptic phased array transmitter
Application of adaptive optics to scintillation correction in phased array high-frequency radar
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕MMIC devices for active phased array antennasRaj Mittra · 1984
- 📕Bit-error-rate testing of fiber optic data links for MMIC-based phased array antennasKurt A. Shalkhauser · 1990
Optoelectronic Signal Processing for Phased-Array AntennasKul B. Bhasin · 1988
Optoelectronic Signal Processing for Phased-Array Antennas Iv/V 2155Brian Hendrickson · 1994- 📕Guang kong xiang kong zhen lei daMingyou Zhang · 2008
- 📕Optical techniques to feed and control GaAs MMIC modules for phased array antenna applications · 1986
- 📕Monolithic optical integrated control circuitry for GaAs MMIC-based phased arraysK. B. Bhasin · 1985
- 📕Optically controlled phased-array antenna technology for space communication systemsRichard R. Kunath · 1988
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