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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2020
Imec Vzw, Leuven, BE;
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, BE;
Wim Bogaerts, Melle, BE;
IMEC vzw, Leuven, BE;
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, BE;
Abstract
A dispersive optical phased array for two-dimensional scanning is disclosed herein. The array comprises antenna blocks positioned adjacent one another. The antenna blocks comprise a plurality of antennas positioned adjacent one another and a plurality of delay lines to couple a coherent source signal to each of the antennas within the block, each delay line having an optical path length. Each of the antenna blocks acts as a dispersive phased array. The antenna blocks are arranged such that the blocks form a larger phased array where the antennas between the blocks are in phase for a discrete set of wavelengths. All antennas over the dispersive phased array can experience the same phase difference such that the beams of the individual antenna blocks align with one of the diffraction orders of the array of blocks.