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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2012
Applicant:
Andrew Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Andrew Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America, as Represented by the Secratary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The process for fabricating a visible spectrum modulator makes use of thin film conductive oxides and air gaps to reflect colors of certain wavelengths, achieving transparency due to the transparent nature of conductive oxides and via electrostatic pull-in to reduce the air gaps.