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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2018
Applicant:

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mark L. Brongersma, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Aaron L. Holsteen, Stanford, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G02B 7/182 (2006.01); G02B 5/08 (2006.01); G02B 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/29 (2013.01); G02B 5/08 (2013.01); G02B 7/1822 (2013.01); G02B 26/0808 (2013.01); G02B 26/0841 (2013.01); G02B 5/1809 (2013.01);
Abstract

A monolithic optical device for light manipulation and control at visible wavelengths includes a device layer deposited on an sacrificial layer deposited on a reflective substrate. The device layer comprises an elastic support structure and nanoscale optical antenna elements, arranged such that the nanoscale optical antenna elements are capable of moving vertically in response to application of an electrostatic potential between the device layer and the reflective substrate. The sacrificial layer joins the elastic support structure to the reflective substrate. The reflective substrate is reflective at optical wavelengths.


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