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Advanced nanophotonic platforms offer chip-scale optical beam steering for technologies like LiDAR and VR/AR. These methods promise faster, smaller, and more reliable devices compared to traditional bulky systems.

Area of Science:

  • Photonics and Nanotechnology
  • Optical Engineering

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  • Optical beam steering is crucial for technologies such as light detection and ranging (LiDAR), laser displays, free space communication, and single-pixel imaging.
  • Conventional mechanical or liquid crystal devices for beam steering are bulky, slow, and unreliable.
  • Chip-scale photonic platforms offer miniaturized, faster, and more reliable alternatives for light manipulation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review emerging nanophotonic approaches for high-performance optical beam steering.
  • To highlight the trade-offs between device complexity, resolution, and speed in different architectures.
  • To discuss the importance of far-field resolution for various imaging and communication applications.

Main Methods:

  • Review of active metasurfaces for optical beam steering.
Keywords:
LiDARbeam steeringmetasurfacesnanophotonicsoptical phased arrays

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    • Nanophotonic approaches enable smaller and more efficient optical devices.
    • Active metasurfaces, slow light waveguides, and waveguide phased arrays show rapid development.
    • Different architectures present unique trade-offs between complexity, resolution, and speed.
    • Achieving high performance across all three metrics remains a key challenge.

    Conclusions:

    • Emerging nanophotonic platforms are poised to revolutionize optical beam steering.
    • Continued research is essential to overcome existing trade-offs and achieve groundbreaking performance.
    • These advancements will significantly impact 3D data collection, wireless communication, and immersive electronics.