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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
May. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mani Sundaram, Nashua, NH (US);
Assignee:
Teraconnect, Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/29 ; G02F 1/00 ; H01S 3/113 ; H01S 3/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/29 ; G02F 1/00 ; H01S 3/113 ; H01S 3/10 ;
Abstract
An array of devices for electronically steering a laser beam. A plurality of quantum well absorption modulators steer a laser beam, either reflective or transmissive, without moving parts and operable at room temperature. The foregoing is accomplished using intraband, also termed intersubband, transitions in the quantum wells.