Patent ID: 11953801
Assignee: HRL LABORATORIES, LLC
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 23:
24. A method of providing two dimensional optical beam steering comprising:
providing a solid state body of electro-optical material wherein the solid state body of electro-optical material comprises a material of a class of hydrogen-doped phase-change metal oxide and wherein the solid state body has a first face and a second face opposite the first face;
providing a first resistive sheet on a first face of the solid state body of electro-optical material, wherein the first resistive sheet extends along the first face; and
providing a second sheet on a second face of the solid state body of electro-optical material, wherein the second sheet extends along the second face;
wherein an end of the first resistive sheet and an end of the second sheet are electrically connected to one another; and
wherein the electro-optical material comprises NdNiO3, SmNiO3, PrNiO3, EuNiO3, GdNiO3 or any combination of NdNiO3, SmNiO3, PrNiO3, EuNiO3, GdNiO3, wherein a refractive index of the electro-optical material is configured to be controlled by a hydrogen doping density.