An Antenna Array Initial Condition Calibration Method for Integrated Optical Phased Array
Applied Physics
2019-02-19 v1 Optics
Abstract
This paper presents a modified rotating element electric field vector (modified REV) method to calibrate the antenna array initial condition of an optical phased array (OPA) device. The new method follows a similar sequential individual antenna phase calibration process while it modifies the algorithm to avoid possible {\pi} phase error in traditional REV when large initial phase distribution and finite optical power measurement accuracy present. We show that the method produces statistically more accurate and predictable calibration result which is highly desired in practice.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1902.06203,
title = {An Antenna Array Initial Condition Calibration Method for Integrated Optical Phased Array},
author = {Qihao Zhang and Lingxuan Zhang and Zhongyu Li and Wei Wu and Guoxi Wang and Xiaochen Sun and Wenfu Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.06203},
year = {2019}
}