Electrooptic device for scanning using domain reversed regions
First Claim
1. An improved scanning device for deflecting an incident light beam through an electronically controlled angle in response to the application of an electric field to the device comprising:
- a monolithic body including a light transmissive portion formed from electrooptic material;
at least first and second antiparallel poled ferroelectric regions in the light transmissive portion; and
electrode means on the body, said electrode means arranged on the body overlying the first and second antiparallel poled ferroelectric regions, so that upon the application of an electrical signal to the electrode means, an electric field is created at least partially within the light transmissive portion of the body, at least a part of each ferroelectric region being intersected by the electric field.
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Abstract
A scanning device having: (i) an electrooptic planar waveguide or bulk material capable of propagating light beams with minimum beam distortion, (ii) an electrooptic prism array defined on said electrooptic planar waveguide or bulk material, comprised of at least one pair of antiparallel-poled ferroelectric domain regions and, (iii) control means to apply a spatially uniform electric field throughout said electrooptic prism array using a pair of electrically-addressable continuous electrodes, so as to induce an electrically-controlled deflection to a light beam propagating through the device.
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16 Claims
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1. An improved scanning device for deflecting an incident light beam through an electronically controlled angle in response to the application of an electric field to the device comprising:
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a monolithic body including a light transmissive portion formed from electrooptic material; at least first and second antiparallel poled ferroelectric regions in the light transmissive portion; and electrode means on the body, said electrode means arranged on the body overlying the first and second antiparallel poled ferroelectric regions, so that upon the application of an electrical signal to the electrode means, an electric field is created at least partially within the light transmissive portion of the body, at least a part of each ferroelectric region being intersected by the electric field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A scanning device for deflecting an incident light beam through an electronically controlled angle in response to the application of an electric field to the device comprising:
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a monolithic body including a light transmissive portion formed from electrooptic material; electric field generating means for creating an electric field within the light transmissive portion; a first region in said light transmissive portion within said electric field, characterized by an index of refraction that increases in response to said electric field; and a second region in said light transmissive portion within said electric field and adjacent to the first region, characterized by an index of refraction that decreases in response to said electric field; whereby the application of a unipolar electric field to the device increases the angle through which a light beam is deflected while passing from the first region to the second region.
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