System, method and apparatus for non-mechanical optical and photonic beam steering with overlapping electrodes

A system, comprising:

• a first electro-optic (EO) layer including an EO active material, wherein the first EO layer comprises a plurality of active steering cells, each active steering cell comprising a portion of the first EO layer vertically adjacent to a resistive central portion of electrodes of a first high-side electrode layer;
• a second EO layer including the EO active material, wherein the second EO layer comprises a plurality of active steering cells, each active steering cell comprising a portion of the second EO layer vertically adjacent to a resistive central portion of electrodes of a second high-side electrode layer, and wherein the active steering cells of the first EO layer alternate with active steering cells of the second EO layer;
• and
• wherein a first electrode of the first high-side electrode layer associated with a first active steering cell comprises an overlap region with a second electrode of the second high-side electrode layer associated with a second active steering cell, and wherein the first active steering cell is horizontally adjacent to the second active steering cell.