Butler matrix enabled multi-beam optical phased array for two-dimensional beam-steering and ranging

Zuoyu Zhou; Weihan Xu; Chuxin Liu; Ruiyang Xu; Chen Zhu; Xinhang Li; Liangjun Lu; Jianping Chen; Linjie Zhou

doi:10.1364/PRJ.509595

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