核心概念
本文提出了一種基於光子集成電路的全光學方向探測器架構,該架構利用光子矩陣乘法器將入射光波的相位分佈映射到輸出端口的強度分佈,實現對入射角度的連續追蹤。
統計資料
對於半孔徑角 𝜖= 𝜋/8 和 𝜖= 𝜋/4,sin(𝜃1) ≡sin(𝜖) 和 𝜖 之间的百分比误差分别为 2.61% 和 11.07%。
當擾動強度參數 𝛾 小於 0.48 時,離散追蹤函數的標準差小於 0.5。
對於 𝑁= 7 和 𝑁= 20,當半孔徑角 𝜖 約為 0.5 時,光柵耦合器間距 ℓ 約為 0.86。
將探測孔徑增加到 𝜖≈0.625 時,光柵耦合器間距 𝑑 約為 968 nm。
引述
"In this work, we aim to focus on the direction-of-arrival finding and investigate the possibility of performing this fundamental task through a photonic matrix-vector multiplier circuit."
"The proposed architecture, shown schematically in Fig. 1, is based on a linear and equally spaced array of 𝑀 grating couplers that sample the phasefront of incoming plane waves."
"This allows the transfer matrix of the device to be uniquely defined based on the design parameters, such as the number of grating couplers and their separation, as well as the detection aperture angle and the total number of output ports of the photonic processing unit."
"Further simplifications are possible for 𝑁= 𝑀 since unitary matrices can be recovered from special considerations."
"This framework can be generalized for use with programmable photonic circuits to develop photonic integrated circuit LiDAR systems/subsystems."