Analog Processing of Optical Wavefront Using Integrated Guided-Wave Optics

Abstract

Integrated Guided-Wave Optics has many advantages for the analog processing of optical wavefronts. These include small-size, high-speed, simplicity, reliability and reproducibility. The fabrication technique is similar to that of integrated circuits. The thrust of this program is to develop an integrated guided-wave optic system, in GaAs and GaAlAs for use at GaAs laser wavelength, to remove aberrations from a laser beam and to steer the beam. The system would in addition have the capability to appropriately phase the outputs from a multiplicity of power amplifiers or injection-locked lasers. It is also the intent of the program to design and build the optical circuits so they are compatible with on-chip electronic circuits in order to minimize the required number of off-chip leads.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 09, 1991
Accession Number
ADA244421

Entities

People

  • Robert H. Rediker

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Bessel Functions
  • Circuits
  • Control Systems
  • Detectors
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronic Circuits
  • Electronics
  • Fabrication
  • Insertion Loss
  • Mach Zehnder Interferometers
  • Measurement
  • Modulators
  • Phase Measurement
  • Phase Modulators
  • Semiconductors
  • Wavefronts

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics