Patent ID: 8121444

Claim:
An optically and electrically actuatable device, comprising: an insulating substrate; two electrodes, at least one of the two electrodes established on the insulating substrate and an other of the two electrodes established a spaced distance laterally from the at least one of the two electrodes, the other of the two electrodes being an optical input electrode; an active region established on the insulating substrate and beneath the two electrodes; and a concentrator optically coupled to the optical input electrode for concentrating incident light such that a predetermined portion of the active region is optically actuatable; wherein: the device is laterally oriented; the optical input electrode is established on the active region at a spaced distance from the at least one of the two electrodes; and the concentrator includes: a waveguide established on the active region such that the waveguide is optically coupled with the optical input electrode and is optically insulated from the active region.