Patents Assigned to Rita Mahon
  • Publication number: 20170255077
    Abstract: A device includes an optical splitter comprising a plurality of splitter outputs. The splitter outputs are out of phase and include a non-uniform phase front. The device includes a one-dimensional phase compensation array communicating with the optical splitter. The phase compensation array receives the non-uniform phase front and outputs a uniform phase front. The phase compensation array includes a plurality of array outputs. The device includes a tunable linear gradient phase shifter communicating with said phase compensation array to impart a linearly-varying phase shift across said plurality of array outputs, thereby steering a beam along a first angle in a first plane. The device includes a waveguide grating out-coupler communicating with said linear gradient phase shifter, and a uniform phase shifter communicating with the waveguide grating out-coupler. The uniform phase shifter steers the flat phase front along a second angle in a second plane perpendicular to said first plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicants: Rita Mahon
    Inventors: MARCEL W. PRUESSNER, William S. Rabinovich, Rita Mahon, Peter G. Goetz