US Patent Issued to MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN on Aug. 25 for "Electrically controlled metasurface for large-angle beam steering and LIDAR applications" (German, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,208, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V. (Munich).

"Electrically controlled metasurface for large-angle beam steering and LIDAR applications" was invented by Laura Na Liu (Stuttgart, Germany), Jianxiong Li (Tianjin, China) and Robin Kaissner (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an optical component comprising a metasurface, wherein the metasurface comprises a repeating pattern of unit cells, wherein each unit cell comprises at least two different scattering structures, wherein first scattering structures are at least partially contacti...