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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2004
Applicant:
Terry Victor Clapp, Hertfordshire, GB;
Inventor:
Terry Victor Clapp, Hertfordshire, GB;
Assignee:
Dow Corning Corporation, Inc., Auburn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an electro-optic gap-cell for waveguide deployment, including a first optical transmission medium formed in at least a portion of a device layer, a second optical transmission medium formed in at least a portion of the device layer, and a slot formed in at least a portion of the device layer, wherein the slot has at least one curved edge, and wherein the slot is disposed adjacent to the first and second transmission media.