Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Waveguide-integrated tunable liquid crystal metasurface devices
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Application No.: US16829387Application Date: 2020-03-25
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Publication No.: US11768271B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Gleb M. Akselrod
- Applicant: Lumotive, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Lumotive, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lumotive, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: PCFB, LLC
- Agent Justin K. Flanagan
- Main IPC: G01S7/481
- IPC: G01S7/481 ; G02F1/31 ; G01S17/08 ; G01S7/483 ; G01S7/484 ; G01C3/00 ; G01C3/08

Abstract:
Optical receivers and transmitters can be used as stand-alone systems or combined together as a transceiver. Each of the receiver and transmitter may include an optically reflective steerable device, such as an optically reflective liquid crystal metasurface (LCM), to steer optical radiation to a target location. A transmit waveguide conveys optical radiation from a light source to the transmitter steerable device. A receive waveguide conveys received optical radiation reflected by the receiver optically steerable device to a sensor. In some embodiments, the transmit waveguide and the receive waveguide may be portions of the same planar waveguide. The receiver includes a holographic lens between the receiver LCM and the receive waveguide to pass through optical radiation received at a first range of incident angles and modify (e.g., collimate and/or spectrally filter) optical radiation reflected by the receiver LCM for conveyance by the receive waveguide to the sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200371210A1 WAVEGUIDE-INTEGRATED TUNABLE LIQUID CRYSTAL METASURFACE DEVICES Public/Granted day:2020-11-26
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