Inventor
SPILLMANN CHRISTOPHER M
US15 patents
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10 patentsUS11163207B2Nov 2, 2021
Chalcogenide glass waveguides for refractive non-mechanical beam steerer
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US10915004B2Feb 9, 2021
Wavelength-based steering of non-mechanical beam-steering devices
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US11609479B2Mar 21, 2023
Bulk property feedback for liquid crystal-clad waveguides
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US10690992B2Jun 23, 2020
Chalcogenide glass waveguides for refractive non-mechanical beam steerer
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US11294253B2Apr 5, 2022
Concurrent utilization of monolayer graphene as the planar-alignment layers and the transparent conductive electrodes in electro-optic liquid crystal devices
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US11131898B2Sep 28, 2021
Liquid crystal device employing graphene as the planar-alignment agent and electrode
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US12492951B2Dec 9, 2025
Piezo-electro-optic composite transduction devices
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US12429735B2Sep 30, 2025
Tunable photoalignment
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US10564505B2Feb 18, 2020
Graphene as an alignment layer and electrode for liquid crystal devices
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US10444595B2Oct 15, 2019
Technique for dynamically controlling the incoupler of a beam-steering device
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4 patentsUS7628935B2Dec 8, 2009
Controlled actuated membranes and methods of making same
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US7936404B2May 3, 2011
Method for stacking thermal actuators with liquid crystal elastomer
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US10168597B2Jan 1, 2019
Liquid crystal alignment on chalcogenide glasses
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US8040443B2Oct 18, 2011
Method for stacking thermal actuators with liquid crystal elastomer
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