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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2021
Hrl Laboratories, Llc, Malibu, CA (US);
Jeong-Sun Moon, Moorpark, CA (US);
Hwa Chang Seo, Torrance, CA (US);
Kyung-Ah Son, Moorpark, CA (US);
Kangmu Lee, Malibu, CA (US);
HRL LABORATORIES, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of providing a spatial light modulator comprising: providing a substrate; providing a first phase change material cell on the substrate, the first phase change material cell comprising: a first electrical heater on the substrate; a first optical reflector layer on the electrical heater; and a first phase change material layer on the optical reflector layer; and providing at least a second phase change material cell on the substrate, the second phase change material cell comprising: a second electrical heater on the substrate; a second optical reflector layer on the second electrical heater; a second phase change material layer on the second optical reflector layer; and providing a light absorber layer between the first phase change material cell and the second phase change material cell.