A Beam Steering Approach of Liquid Crystal Phased Array Based on Nonperiodic Blazed Grating

Abstract. The grating lobes of the liquid crystal optical-phased array (LCOPA) based on blazed grating theory is studied. Using the Fraunhofer propagation principle, the analytical expressions of the farfield intensity distribution are derived. Subsequently, we can obtain both the locations and the intensities of the grating lobes. The derived analytical functions that provide an insight into single-slit diffraction and multislit interference effect on the grating lobes are discussed. Utilizing the conventional microwave-phased array technique, the intensities of the grating lobes and the main lobe are almost the same. Different from this, the derived analytical functions demonstrate that the intensities of the grating lobes are less than that of the main lobe. The computer simulations and experiments show that the proposed method can correctly estimate the locations and the intensities of the grating lobes for a LCOPA simultaneously.

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Grating lobes analysis based on blazed grating theory for liquid crystal optical-phased array

Chen

Cui

Kong

et al. 2013

Opt. Eng

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A Beam Steering Approach of Liquid Crystal Phased Array Based on Nonperiodic Blazed Grating

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Grating lobes analysis based on blazed grating theory for liquid crystal optical-phased array

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