Optical phased array light steering

MR Watts, K Shtyrkova, CV Poulton… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
An apparatus includes: an optical phased array (eg, on a photonic integrated circuit), a
focusing element, which can be at a fixed position relative to the optical phased array and …

Planar Luneburg lens system for two-dimensional optical beam steering

J Lopez, S Kim, J Sloan, B Kharas, JS Herd… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
An integrated optical beam steering device includes a planar Luneburg lens that collimates
beams from different inputs in different directions within the lens plane. It also includes a …

Optical phased array light sha**

MR Watts, K Shtyrkova - US Patent 11,960,117, 2024 - Google Patents
An apparatus comprises: a photonic integrated circuit comprising an optical phased array, a
first focusing element at a fixed position relative to the optical phased array and configured …

Optical device with graded index planar lens

MW Puckett, C Hoyt, C Fertig, M Robbins - US Patent 11,828,981, 2023 - Google Patents
An optical device comprises a waveguide core layer that includes a planar lens structure
having a first end and a second end, with the planar lens structure including a plurality of …

Planar Luneburg lens system for two-dimensional optical beam steering

J Lopez, S Kim, J Sloan, B Kharas, JS Herd… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
Page 2 boresight. In other words, the beam quality is uniform in all directions, unlike with
aplanatic lenses, thanks to the circular symmetry of the planar Luneburg lens, which may be …

Ultra-broadband mode size converter based on an on-chip Luneburg lens

J Shen, Y Zhang, Y Su - US Patent App. 17/448,186, 2022 - Google Patents
The silicon waveguides consist of an input waveguide and an output waveguide, and the
input and output silicon waveguides are arranged on the both sides of the Luneburg lens …