Method for increasing the surface conductivity of a polymer used in a tuneable diffraction grating (tdg) modulator
AssigneePolight AS , a Norwegian Corporation
InventorsLars Henriksen, Vladimir Kartashov, Morten Eliassen, Gunnar Hedin
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for increasing the surface conductivity of a polymer used in tuneable diffraction grating (TDG) modulators while at the same time maintaining the total internal reflection (TIR) and transparency.
Claims20
A method for increasing the surface conductivity of a polymer for use as the deformable material in a tuneable diffraction grating (TDG) modulator while at the same time maintaining the total internal reflection (TIR) and transparency, comprising modifying the bulk conductivity of the polymer by adding components that enhance the bulk conductivity.
A method for increasing the surface conductivity of a polymer for use as the deformable material in a tuneable diffraction grating (TDG) modulator while at the same time maintaining the total internal reflection (TIR) and transparency, comprising direct modification of the electrical conductivity of the surface layer.
A method for increasing the surface conductivity of a polymer to be used as the deformable material in a tuneable diffraction grating (TDG) modulator while at the same time maintaining the total internal reflection (TIR) and transparency, comprising modifying the bulk conductivity of the polymer by adding components to enhance the bulk conductivity together with direct modification of the electrical conductivity of the surface layer.
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