Patent ID: 8428416

Claim:
A device for transmitting light signals comprising: a first electrode plate, comprising a first substrate and a first patterned electrode layer disposed on a surface of the first substrate; a second electrode plate, comprising a second substrate and a second electrode layer disposed on a surface of the second substrate opposite the first patterned electrode layer; a spacing structure, disposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; a cladding fluid, disposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate; and a core fluid, disposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, surrounded by the cladding fluid, and located on an electrode of the first patterned electrode layer, wherein the core fluid has a shape corresponding to the shape of the electrode, and the refractive index of the core fluid is higher than of the cladding fluid; responsive to electrical energization of the electrode the core fluid substantially bisecting the cladding fluid to guide the light signal between the first and second electrode plates along the shape of the electrode.