Optical: systems and elements – Optical modulator – Light wave temporal modulation
Reexamination Certificate
2007-06-21
2009-08-25
Choi, William C (Department: 2873)
Optical: systems and elements
Optical modulator
Light wave temporal modulation
C250S338100
Reexamination Certificate
active
07580175
ABSTRACT:
A representative embodiment of the invention provides an infrared (IR) detector having a movable plate supported at an offset distance from a substrate by a suspension arm. In response to a temperature difference between the plate and the substrate generated by the incident IR radiation, the suspension arm deforms and changes the offset distance for the plate. In one embodiment, the suspension arm has three rod-shaped bimorph transducers that lie within a plane that is parallel to the substrate. The transducers are also parallel to one another, with the transducer that is attached to an anchor of the suspension arm being located between the two transducers that are attached to the plate.
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Aksyuk Vladimir Anatolyevich
Bolle Cristian A.
Jones Christopher D. W.
Pardo Flavio
Ryf Roland
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
Choi William C
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