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Register a new userVerniered Optical Phased Arrays for Grating Lobe Suppression and Extended FOV
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Nathan Dostart
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Optical phased arrays (OPAs) which beam-steer in 2D have so far been unable to pack emitting elements at $lambda/2$ spacing, leading to grating lobes which limit the field-of-view, introduce signal ambiguity, and reduce optical efficiency. Vernier schemes, which use paired transmitter and receiver phased arrays with different periodicity, deliberately misalign the transmission and receive patterns so that only a single pairing of transmit/receive lobes permit a signal to be detected. A pair of OPAs designed to exploit this effect thereby effectively suppress the effects of grating lobes and recover the systems field-of-view, avoid potential ambiguities, and reduce excess noise. Here we analytically evaluate Vernier schemes with arbitrary phase control to find optimal configurations, as well as elucidate the manner in which a Vernier scheme can recover the full field-of-view. We present the first experimental implementation of a Vernier scheme and demonstrate grating lobe suppression using a pair of 2D wavelength-steered OPAs. These results present a route forward for addressing the pervasive issue of grating lobes, significantly alleviating the need for dense emitter pitches.
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