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A thermooptically tunable optical phased array in the SiO/sub 2/-Si material which allows forward and backward tuning, was successfully demonstrated. By imprinting grooves into the substrate it was possible to achieve a tuning efficiency of 2 nm/W and a wavelength tuning over 6 nm.
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