ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,666, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to NTT INC. (Tokyo).
"Optical deflector" was invented by Takashi Sakamoto (Tokyo), Masahiro Ueno (Tokyo), Yuichi Akage (Tokyo), Sohan Kawamura (Tokyo), Yurina Tanaka (Tokyo) and Soichi Oka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical deflector which includes a dielectric having a paraelectric phase and a trap for storing an electric charge therein and deflects light transmitted through the dielectric by applying a voltage in a direction perpendicular to a transmission direction of the dielectric is provided. The optical deflector includes a first conductor, the dielectric, a second conductor, ...