Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photonic integrated circuit-based optical phased array phasing technique
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Application No.: US17174180Application Date: 2021-02-11
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Publication No.: US11532881B2Publication Date: 2022-12-20
- Inventor: Richard L. Kendrick , Joseph Marron
- Applicant: Raytheon Company
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Main IPC: H01Q3/26
- IPC: H01Q3/26 ; G01B9/021 ; H01Q3/36

Abstract:
A method includes capturing measurements of optical signals transmitted from an optical phased array that includes (i) multiple array elements each having an antenna element and a phase modulator and (ii) an additional antenna element spaced apart from the array elements. The method also includes performing digital holography using the measurements to identify relative phases of the array elements with respect to a phase of the additional antenna element. In addition, the method includes modifying phases provided by at least some of the phase modulators of at least some of the array elements to bring the array elements more closely into phase with one another.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220255219A1 PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT-BASED OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY PHASING TECHNIQUE Public/Granted day:2022-08-11
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