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Patent No.:

US 6975782 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005

Filed:

Oct. 21, 2002
Applicants:

Jeffery Maki, Fremont, CA (US);

Paul Breaux, Volente, TX (US);

Inventors:

Jeffery Maki, Fremont, CA (US);

Paul Breaux, Volente, TX (US);

Assignee:

Finisar Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F000/295 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An electrooptical deflector is presented. The electrooptical deflector includes a material that has a different refractive index for different polarization states and changes its refractive index in response to voltage (e.g., lithium niobate or lithium tantalite). Inside the material is a poled region that includes triangularly-shaped prisms, each of which affects the direction in which an incident light beam propagates. When a light beam of a known polarization state propagates through the material, its direction of propagation (i.e., the amount of deflection) is controlled by a voltage applied to the poled region and the size and number of the prisms in the material.


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Maki, Jeffery. (2005). Optical deflector using electrooptic effect to create small prisms (U.S. Patent No. 6975782). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6975782

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