DYNAMIC OPTICAL CROSSBAR ARRAY

• Main Authors: BRATKOVSKI, ALEXANDRE M, FATTAL, DAVID A, ZHANG, MINXIAN MAX, YANG, JIANHUA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 12.07.2012
• Subjects: DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

A dynamic optical crossbar array (100) includes a first set of parallel transparent electrode lines (102), a bottom set of parallel electrode lines (104) that cross said transparent electrode lines (102), and an optically variable material (114) disposed between said first set of transparent electrode lines (102) and said bottom set of electrode lines (104). L'invention porte sur un réseau matriciel optique dynamique (100), lequel réseau comprend un premier ensemble de lignes d'électrodes transparentes parallèles (102), un ensemble inférieur de lignes d'électrodes parallèles (104) qui croisent lesdites lignes d'électrodes transparentes (102), et un matériau optiquement variable (114) disposé entre ledit premier ensemble de lignes d'électrodes transparentes et ledit ensemble inférieur de lignes d'électrodes (104).