Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensors enable precision sensing of an object in 3D.
LiDAR technology is widely used in metrology, environment monitoring, archaeology, and …

Wide field-of-view (FOV) optics are essential components in many optical systems, with
applications spanning imaging, display, sensing, and beam steering. Conventional …

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 …

Photonic crystal slow-light gratings fabricated using Si photonics enable high-speed, high-
resolution, and wide field-of-view two-dimensional beam scanning via the thermo-optic …

Lidar, a technology at the heart of autonomous driving and robotic mobility, performs 3D
imaging of a complex scene by measuring the time of flight of returning light pulses. Many …

The emerging applications of silicon photonics in free space, such as LiDARs, free-space
optical communications, and quantum photonics, urge versatile emission sha** beyond …

Metasurfaces are optically thin 2D arrays of subwavelength scatterers that modify scalar and
vector properties of incident electromagnetic fields. Metasurface lenses are of particular …

Integrated optical phased arrays (OPAs) have attracted significant interest to steer laser
beams for applications including free-space communications, holography, and light …

Due to the fast growth of the autonomous vehicles industry, there is a growing need for
distance sensing systems. Among such systems, the light detection and ranging (LiDAR) …

The ability to reconfigure and adapt to different application scenarios plays an important role
in future wireless communication systems. Here, a beam dividable and steerable optical …