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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2019.23.3.311

A High Radiation Efficiency and Narrow Beam Width of Optical Beam Steering Using a Silicon-based Grating Structure Integrated with Distributed Bragg Reflectors  

Hong, Yoo-Seung (School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Hongik University)
Cho, Jun-Hyung (School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Hongik University)
Sung, Hyuk-Kee (School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Hongik University)
Abstract
We first numerically analyzed the characteristics of a silicon-based grating structure for beam steering. The analysis includes the basic principle of the grating structure according to the wavelength, peak radiation angle, radiation efficiency, and full-width at the half maximum(FWHM) of the radiation angle. Based on the analysis, we propose a silicon-based grating structure integrated with distributed Bragg reflector(DBR) to obtain a high radiation efficiency and narrow beam width simultaneously. We performed the numerical optimization of the radiation efficiency and FWHM of the radiation angle according to the DBR position. By the design optimization using the proposed grating structure compatible with the complementary metal-oxide semiconductor(CMOS) process, we achieved a maximum radiation efficiency of 87.1% and minimum FWHM of radiation angle of $4.68^{\circ}$.
Keywords
Silicon photonics; Beam steering; Grating structure; Distributed Bragg reflector;
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