Integrated Beam Steering Using a 2D Focusing Grating Coupler for Scalable Trapped Ion Quantum Computing
Mizuki Shirao, Daniel Klawson, Sara Mouradian, Ming C. Wu · 2022 27th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC) and 2022 International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing (PSC) · 2022
A scalable beam steering device is proposed for control of ion trap quantum computers. A combination of a waveguide array and a two-dimensional focusing grating coupler is used to generate 8xN beam spots at 729 nm wavelength in free space.