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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2017
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Thomas L. Weaver, Webster Groves, MO (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A reconfigurable optical device includes a spatial light modulator and an optical signal generator. The spatial light modulator includes a layer of optically-sensitized carbon nanotubes, and each optically-sensitized carbon nanotube is configured to transition between a conductive state and a semiconductive state responsive to an optical signal. The optical signal generator is configured to provide the optical signal to the spatial light modulator to cause the layer of optically-sensitized carbon nanotubes to form a pattern of conductive nanotubes, the pattern of conductive nanotubes configured to modify interfering signal to form an optical vortex.