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Optical deflector

  • US 6,449,084 B1
  • Filed: 05/09/2000
  • Issued: 09/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An optical deflector that overcomes conventional geometry limitations, comprising:

  • an array of optical waveguide channels formed between a first common surface and a second common surface;

    an electrooptical material formed in said optical waveguide channels;

    a first electrode covering said first surface;

    a second electrode covering said second surface; and

    , a means for supplying an electrical controlling signal to said first and second electrodes, wherein at least one of said first and second electrodes comprises a plurality of prism-shaped electrodes, and said prism-shaped electrodes cause an optical beam to be deflected by inducing substantially linear phase differences among said optical waveguide channels, depending on an electrical field or fields generated between said first and second electrodes by said electrical controlling signal.

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