Electro-optical component having a reconfigurable phase state
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1. An electro-optical component comprising:
- a substrate;
a phase-variable element carried on said substrate;
a memory carried on said substrate for storing data representative of a phase state for said phase-variable element; and
a controller carried on said substrate, for utilizing said data and setting said phase state for said phase-variable element.
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Abstract
There is provided an electro-optical component comprising (a) a substrate, (b) a phase-variable element carried on the substrate, (c) a memory carried on the substrate for storing data representative of a phase state for the phase-variable element; and (d) a controller carried on the substrate, for utilizing the data and setting the phase state for the element. There is also provided an electro-optical component comprising (a) a substrate, (b) a phase-variable element carried on the substrate, and (c) a circuit carried on the substrate for computing and applying a phase state for the phase-variable element.
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1. An electro-optical component comprising:
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a substrate;
a phase-variable element carried on said substrate;
a memory carried on said substrate for storing data representative of a phase state for said phase-variable element; and
a controller carried on said substrate, for utilizing said data and setting said phase state for said phase-variable element.
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2. An electro-optical component comprising:
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a substrate;
a phase-variable element carried on said substrate; and
a circuit carried on said substrate for computing a phase state for said phase-variable element.
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3. An optical switch comprising:
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a substrate;
a phase-variable element carried on said substrate;
a memory carried on said substrate for storing data representative of a phase state for said phase-variable element; and
a controller carried on said substrate for utilizing said data and setting said phase state for said phase-variable element to direct a light from a first port to a second port.
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4. An optical switch comprising:
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a substrate;
a phase-variable element carried on said substrate; and
a circuit carried on said substrate for computing a phase state for said phase-variable element to direct a light from a first port to a second port. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An optical switch comprising:
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a substrate;
a liquid crystal carried on said substrate; and
a circuit carried on said substrate for (a) computing a hologram and (b) controlling said liquid crystal to produce said hologram to direct a light from a first port to a second port.
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