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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
May. 05, 2009
Ralph Michaels, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Hans Joachim Einsiedler, Berlin, DE;
Gerhard Kadel, Darmstadt, DE;
Josef Kraus, Dieburg, DE;
Klaus Milczewsky, Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE;
Michael Kern, Berlin, DE;
Karsten Buse, Bonn, DE;
Ingo Breunig, Bonn, DE;
Rosita Sowade, Bonn, DE;
Jens Kiessling, Bonn, DE;
Bastian Knabe, Bonn, DE;
Ralph Michaels, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Hans Joachim Einsiedler, Berlin, DE;
Gerhard Kadel, Darmstadt, DE;
Josef Kraus, Dieburg, DE;
Klaus Milczewsky, Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE;
Michael Kern, Berlin, DE;
Karsten Buse, Bonn, DE;
Ingo Breunig, Bonn, DE;
Rosita Sowade, Bonn, DE;
Jens Kiessling, Bonn, DE;
Bastian Knabe, Bonn, DE;
Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn, DE;
Abstract
A method for influencing electromagnetic radiation in a frequency range between 0.1 and 10 terahertz includes providing a planar modulator having a matrix of at least 10×10 individual, active planar elements. Each planar element has a diameter between 5 μm and 100 μm. The planar elements are individually controlled using a central control unit such that each planar element assumes a respective one of at least two states in accordance with the control so as to influence the radiation.