Electro-optic device with gap-coupled electrode

US8514475B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC · US

Inventors

• Robert J. Deri · Pleasanton, US
• Mark Rhodes · Edinburgh, GB
• Andrew J. Bayramian · Marblehead, US
• John Caird · San Francisco, US
• Mark A. Henesian · Livermore, US
• Christopher A. Ebbers · Pleasanton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 27, 2010
• Grant date: Aug 20, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 13, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02F2203/60
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An electro-optic device includes an electro-optic crystal having a predetermined thickness, a first face and a second face. The electro-optic device also includes a first electrode substrate disposed opposing the first face. The first electrode substrate includes a first substrate material having a first thickness and a first electrode coating coupled to the first substrate material. The electro-optic device further includes a second electrode substrate disposed opposing the second face. The second electrode substrate includes a second substrate material having a second thickness and a second electrode coating coupled to the second substrate material. The electro-optic device additionally includes a voltage source electrically coupled to the first electrode coating and the second electrode coating.