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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2012
Applicant:
Eiji Yafuso, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventor:
Eiji Yafuso, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
PV Labs, Inc., , CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/03 (2006.01); G02F 1/19 (2006.01); G02F 1/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optically powered optical modulator comprises an optical modulation component, such as an electro-optical modulator, acousto-optic modulator or magneto-optic modulator, in combination with one or two lens assemblies positioned at one or both apertures of the optical modulation component, so that the optical modulator formed by the combination of the lens assembly or assemblies and the optical modulation component has optical focus power.