Optical Antenna Assembly
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Abstract
An optical antenna assembly including multiple optical antenna elements, each of the optical antenna elements are arranged in a regular pattern and carried by a supporting body. The regular pattern of the plurality of optical antenna elements is nonuniform. Certain ones of the optical antenna elements are configured to respond to the one or more waves of light.
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105 Claims
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86. A signal receiver having a selected beam pattern, comprising:
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a substrate including a plurality of binding sites arranged according to a pattern, the pattern corresponding to the selected beam pattern; and
a plurality of antenna elements, each antenna element being supported by the substrate at a respective one of the binding sites and responsive to electromagnetic fields at optical frequencies to produce respective output signals at the optical frequencies; and
a detection assembly coupled to receive the output signals from one or more of the antenna assemblies and responsive to produce one or more signals indicative of electromagnetic fields. - View Dependent Claims (87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95)
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96. An arrangement of elements responsive to electromagnetic energy at optical wavelengths, comprising:
multiple carbon nanotubes distributed across a plane according to a probabilistically determined pattern that is a function of a selected energy response. - View Dependent Claims (97, 98, 99)
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100. A method of extracting information from an optical input, comprising:
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receiving the optical input with a plurality of antenna elements;
converting the optical input to a respective guidable electromagnetic signal at each of the antenna elements; and
guiding the respective guidable electromagnetic signals from each of the antenna elements to a respective decoding location. - View Dependent Claims (101, 102, 103, 104, 105)
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