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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2017
Applicant:
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventor:
Rajesh Menon, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/0054 (2013.01); G02F 1/011 (2013.01); G02F 1/0121 (2013.01); G02F 2202/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
Metamaterial optical modulators can include one or more optical inputs, one or more optical outputs, one or more control inputs and an arrangement of a plurality of elements. The plurality of elements can include one or more variable state elements. The plurality of elements as arranged can be configured to modulate one or more properties of light passing through the metamaterial optical modulator via a change in a state of the one or more variable state elements based on one or more control signals received at the one or more control inputs.