Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical scanning device that includes mirrors and optical waveguide region
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Application No.: US16015225Application Date: 2018-06-22
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Publication No.: US10209509B1Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Yasuhisa Inada , Akira Hashiya , Taku Hirasawa
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2017-146380 20170728; JP2018-062160 20180328
- Main IPC: G02B6/25
- IPC: G02B6/25 ; G02B26/08 ; G02B17/00 ; G01S7/481 ; G02F1/29

Abstract:
An optical scanning device includes: a first mirror; a second mirror; two non-waveguide regions; an optical waveguide region; and a first adjusting element. The optical waveguide region propagates light. The optical waveguide region and the two non-waveguide regions include respective first regions in which a common material exists. The optical waveguide region or each of the two non-waveguide regions further includes a second region in which a first material having a refractive index different from a refractive index of the common material exists. The first mirror allows part of the light propagating through the optical waveguide region to be emitted through the first mirror. The first adjusting element changes at least either the average refractive index of the optical waveguide region or a thickness of the optical waveguide region to change a direction of the light emitted through the first mirror.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190033574A1 OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE THAT INCLUDES MIRRORS AND OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE REGION Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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