Patent ID: 8159738

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an electro-optic shutter device, said method comprising: providing a transparent conducting electrode material; depositing said transparent conducting electrode material on a poled polymer sheet comprising a poling direction, to form a coated polymer sheet having electrode material on a first side thereof, and a non-electrode side opposite said first side; cutting said coated polymer sheet into a plurality of approximately square pieces; bonding each approximately square piece to an adjacent approximately square piece at said non-electrode side to form a consolidated unit having a poling direction; planing and polishing said consolidated unit to transparency; disposing parallel vertical electrodes in said consolidated unit; depositing a common conductor upon said consolidated unit to conductively connect all vertical electrodes to one another to form an electro-optic polymer Pockels device; and bonding a photo-conducting semiconductor switch to said electro-optic polymer to form a basic completed fast shutter.