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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2007
Applicant:
Shigeo Nojima, Suwa, JP;
Inventor:
Shigeo Nojima, Suwa, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G02F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electro-optical element includes an optical element that scans a laser beam made incident thereon when a refractive index distribution changes according to a size of an electric field generated in the inside of the electro-optical element and a first electrode and a second electrode arranged on two surfaces of the optical element opposed, to each other. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a transparent electrode.